Service bulletin PIP5543

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	10129058
Published by NHTSA	2018-02-21
Manufacturer's number	PIP5543
Manufacturer's date	2018-01-10
NHTSA component	FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; BACK OVER PREVENTION; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary information communicates to dealer technicians a repair direction for a whine or siren type noise coming from the in tank fuel pump in cold weather areas due to possible diesel fuel waxing or gelling issues.

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

Driver assistance, Fuel system, Backup camera, Fuel tank

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO	2017
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500	2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA	2017
GMC SIERRA 3500	2018 (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
23V047000	2023-02-02. FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
19V088000	2019-02-07. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

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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