# Service bulletin PI0838

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: 10118646
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-12
- Manufacturer's number: PI0838
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-17
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

This preliminary informational bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the transmission control module for conditions of shift flare, or harsh reverse shift to drive.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10118646-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10118646-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software, Transmission control module

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 CADILLAC XTS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PIP5146](/bulletins/10253405.md), 2024-04-22, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Chatter Or Bind Feel On Turns.
- [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.
- [13120C](/bulletins/10246730.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires May 31, 2015
- [13120A](/bulletins/10246728.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires April 30, 2014
- [13120](/bulletins/10246727.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires April 30, 2014
- [130089004H](/bulletins/10246623.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD; UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE:THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR \(TPS\). Car and Truck Fix it Right the First Time Issues
- [130089003](/bulletins/10246614.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Vehicle Software Enhancements
- [12244](/bulletins/10245864.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). Shift Flare, Harsh Reverse to Drive Shift, Delayed 5\-3 Downshift
- [17\-NA\-066](/bulletins/10239647.md), 2023-07-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. This service bulletin provides information for automatic transmission Oil Cooler Flush and flow test.
- [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.

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