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Service bulletin PIP5012D

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10113238
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5012D
Manufacturer's date2013-09-11
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a clunk noise or a harsh 6-5 downshift while driving at 50 to 70 miles per hour. Technician will reprogrammed the Transmission Control Module and a FastLearn procedure will need to be performed to correct the condition.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2012
GMC SIERRA2012
GMC SIERRA DENALI2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20150022014-12-30. Electrical
14V8270002014-12-30. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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