Service bulletin PIC6145

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10114922
Published by NHTSA	2017-08-15
Manufacturer's number	PIC6145
Manufacturer's date	2015-10-22
NHTSA component	SEATS

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have an itch type noise coming from the seat area with the front tilt in the all the way up position. Technician will add lube to all the worm gears.

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

Seats

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ATS	2016

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

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PIC6088A	2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with an increased power seat motor noise when moving the driver or passenger seat forward or backwards using the Easy Entry power seat switch. Technician will need to compare the noise level of both seats using the Easy Entry seat switch and the side seat switch to determine if there is a difference in the driver and passenger seat.
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