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Service bulletin PIP5446

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 id10114851
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5446
Manufacturer's date2016-11-30
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Harsh Shift 1/2 and 2/3 and Sputter Applying Throttle Between 0 and 30%, Rough idle. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0101, P0171, P0172, P0174, and or P0175. Technician should inspect for cast flashing near the Mass Air Flow sensor as seen below.

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Trouble codes named

P0101, P0171, P0172, P0174, P0175

Vehicles listed
BUICK LUCERNE2006, 2007, 2008
CADILLAC CTS2016, 2017
CADILLAC DTS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CADILLAC ESCALADE2015, 2016, 2017
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2017
CHEVROLET CAMARO2016, 2017
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2017
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2015, 2016, 2017
CHEVROLET TAHOE2015, 2016, 2017
GMC SIERRA2017
GMC SIERRA 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002015, 2016 (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
14V1520002014-03-31. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

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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