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Service bulletin PIP5471

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 id10113402
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5471
Manufacturer's date2017-02-07
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a check engine light on. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code P0181 set. Technician will need to follow publish Service Information diagnostics first. If Service Information diagnostics do not isolate a root cause of the concern General Motors Engineering is aware of this concern and is working on a correction. Dealer should communicate to the customer that we apologize for this inconvenience and that General Motors is working on a solution for this concern.

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, Engine, Instrument cluster

Trouble codes named

P0181

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COLORADO2016
GMC CANYON2016

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

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