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Service bulletin PIT5233C

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 id10113330
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIT5233C
Manufacturer's date2017-01-12
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have hard or unable to rotate ignition key concern. When the concern is present the steering wheel will need to be rotated in either direction to alleviate the pressure between the steering column lock pin and lock plate. Please communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle.

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, Steering, Ignition

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COLORADO2015, 2016
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2015, 2016, 2017
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2015, 2016, 2017
CHEVROLET TAHOE2015, 2016, 2017
GMC CANYON2015, 2016, 2017
GMC SIERRA2015, 2016, 2017
GMC SIERRA 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2015, 2016, 2017
GMC YUKON XL2015, 2016, 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V6400002015-10-09. 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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