# Service bulletin PIC6218B

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10113478
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-15
- Manufacturer's number: PIC6218B
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-02\-24
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that when adjusting the Heater\-Vent\-Air Conditioning controls the Heater\-Vent\-Air Conditioning display is blank and/or various selections missing from radio Settings menu intermittently. Technicians will find the Heater\-Vent\-Air Conditioning does change but the lower radio display is blank. Technician will need to update the radio using Service Programming System with the latest software.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10113478-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10113478-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2017 BUICK ENCORE
- 2017 BUICK ENVISION
- 2017 BUICK LACROSSE
- 2017 CADILLAC ATS
- 2017 CADILLAC CT6 PLUG\-IN HYBRID
- 2017 CADILLAC CTS
- 2017 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV
- 2017 CADILLAC XT5
- 2017 CADILLAC XTS
- 2016 to 2017 CHEVROLET CAMARO
- 2017 CHEVROLET COLORADO
- 2017 CHEVROLET CORVETTE
- 2017 CHEVROLET CRUZE
- 2017 CHEVROLET IMPALA
- 2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU
- 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
- 2017 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
- 2017 CHEVROLET VOLT
- 2017 GMC ACADIA
- 2017 GMC CANYON
- 2017 GMC SIERRA
- 2017 GMC YUKON DENALI

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [16V084000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V084000.md), 2016-02-11: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [20\-NA\-132](/bulletins/10252774.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on the requirements for 12V battery testing and warranty replacements.
- [PIP5632G](/bulletins/10230683.md), 2023-01-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that General Motors Technical Assistance Center may ask for Global Diagnostic System 2 Session Log. Technician will need use Global Diagnostic System 2 to send the session logs to General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance on the vehicle in question.
- [PIP4902Q](/bulletins/10230682.md), 2023-01-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that General Motors Technical Assistance Center may ask for Global Diagnostic System 2 Session Log. Technician will need use Global Diagnostic System 2 to send the session logs to General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance on the vehicle in question.
- [N182191300](/bulletins/10212572.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Customer Satisfaction. In certain vehicles, certain types of off\-road use can, in rare cases, cause the vehicle?s roof\-rail air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy. Dealers will reprogram the sensing and diagnostic module \(SDM\) with updated software.
- [17206\-2](/bulletins/10191035.md), 2021-04-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Certain 2017 model year Cadillac CTS and CTS\-V vehicles need to be reprogrammed with an updated software package. This new software package will provide changes to the radio to help the climate control system and certain audio features, including Wi\-Fi password recognition, continue to function properly. Also, if equipped with the Forward Collision Alert \(FCA\) system, this update will provide enhanced menu options.
- [15\-NA\-083](/bulletins/10190387.md), 2021-04-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). Recovery Process from a Controller Reprogramming Interruption During service reprogramming of the T87 TCM, some technicians may notice the TCM may fail during the reprogramming event and become unresponsive to the Service Programming System \(SPS\), unresponsive to the GDS2 tool. This bulletin addresses corrective actions to attempt to recover the module before declaring the TCM as a bad part and replacing. During reprogramming, an interruption can cause the module to lock up. A module reset may recover the TCM
- [21NA010](/bulletins/10187773.md), 2021-03-01, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reset the DTCs and take the vehicle for a test drive to verify the codes do not return.
- [16NA019](/bulletins/10186058.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This informational bulletin provides information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
- [18NA332](/bulletins/10183160.md), 2020-11-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE. This Bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram ECM to correct a condition of the MIL On, DTC P2097 Set.
- [20NA181](/bulletins/10181707.md), 2020-10-26, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to program the ECM if found the cause of the customers complaint.

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