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Service bulletin PIP5514A

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10129898
Published by NHTSA2018-03-12
Manufacturer's numberPIP5514A
Manufacturer's date2018-02-21
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary information communicates to the dealer technician if diagnostics leads to transmission range sensor replacement to also replace the TCM during the repair.

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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SPARK2016, 2017, 2018

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

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