Service bulletin PIP5276D

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	10115023
Published by NHTSA	2017-08-15
Manufacturer's number	PIP5276D
Manufacturer's date	2015-06-08
NHTSA component	ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on or a low oil pressure indicated after an oil change. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code P0521. If Diagnostic Trouble Code P0521 setting in cold weather and it has a PF48E oil filter, change the filter to a UPF48R if one is available.

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

Engine

Trouble codes named

P0521

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC CTS	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CADILLAC ESCALADE	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAMARO	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET COLORADO	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET CORVETTE	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET EXPRESS	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET TAHOE	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC CANYON	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC SAVANA	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA 2500	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC YUKON DENALI	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON XL	2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V868000	2016-12-02. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

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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