# Service bulletin PIP3504D

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: 10114873
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-15
- Manufacturer's number: PIP3504D
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-10\-09
- NHTSA component: ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL

## NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a hard start when the engine is hot. If the fuel found in the vehicle has an American Petroleum Institute specific gravity reading of 39 \- 44, and the fuel sample you used for comparison has an American Petroleum Institute specific gravity reading of 30 \- 39, drain the fuel system and refill with a known good diesel fuel and retest.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10114873-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10114873-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Engine, Fuel system

## Vehicles listed

- 2007 to 2009 CHEVROLET C SERIES
- 2003 CHEVROLET CONVENTIONAL
- 2001 to 2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
- 2005 to 2016 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
- 2004 to 2006 CHEVROLET F SERIES
- 2003 CHEVROLET G SERIES
- 2001 CHEVROLET L SERIES
- 2001 CHEVROLET M SERIES
- 2006 to 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500
- 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500
- 2002 to 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD
- 2001 to 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
- 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500
- 2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500
- 2003 GMC G SERIES
- 2004 to 2006 GMC G VAN BUS
- 2001 to 2002 GMC GM
- 2001 to 2016 GMC SAVANA
- 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500
- 2004 to 2016 GMC SIERRA 2500
- 2007 to 2013 GMC SIERRA DENALI
- 2015 to 2016 GMC SIERRA DENALI
- 2003 to 2010 GMC TOPKICK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2019055](/recalls/tc/2019055.md), 2019-02-08: Fuel System
- [19V088000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V088000.md), 2019-02-07: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- [2017511](/recalls/tc/2017511.md), 2017-10-20: Fuel System
- [17V664000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V664000.md), 2017-10-19: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK
- [14V820000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V820000.md), 2014-12-24: FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- [2014588](/recalls/tc/2014588.md), 2014-12-22: Fuel System
- [2014577](/recalls/tc/2014577.md), 2014-12-18: Engine
- [2014352](/recalls/tc/2014352.md), 2014-08-19: Fuel System
- [14V500000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V500000.md), 2014-08-13: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
- [2014153](/recalls/tc/2014153.md), 2014-04-25: Fuel System

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- [25\-NA\-052](/bulletins/11017263.md), 2025-04-28, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin advises the technician to flush the cooling system multiple times if oil has been found in the cooling system and replace the parts that may be contaminated due to oil in system.
- [25\-NA\-065](/bulletins/11017173.md), 2025-04-24, Service bulletin: STEERING; SERVICE BRAKES; FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM. This informational bulletin instructs the tech when fuel/fluid is needed to be tested and where it can be sent for analysis.
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- [22\-NA\-074](/bulletins/11014233.md), 2025-02-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This service bulletin provides service information to technicians on guidelines to replace Oil Cooler, Oil Cooler Lines and Oil Tank if the engine was replaced where large amounts of debris has flowed throughout the oiling system.

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