Service bulletin PI02003D

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	10135368
Published by NHTSA	2018-05-07
Manufacturer's number	PI02003D
Manufacturer's date	2015-03-02
NHTSA component	SUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

This preliminary informational bulletin provides technicians a recommendation for when they are performing a front end alignment and find an alignment dowel pin missing .

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (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)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT 1500	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET C SERIES	2003 to 2006
CHEVROLET COLORADO	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET COLORADO	2015
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD	1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500	2000, 2001 (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	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CHEVROLET TAHOE	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
GMC C SERIES	2004 to 2006
GMC CANYON	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC CANYON	2015
GMC G SERIES	1999 to 2000
GMC G SERIES	2003
GMC GM	2001 to 2002
GMC SIERRA 1500	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 2500	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 2500	2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI	2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
GMC YUKON DENALI	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON XL	2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL	2015
HUMMER H2	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
11V007000	2011-01-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
2010454	2010-12-17. Suspension
10V643000	2010-12-17. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
2001100	2001-04-24. Suspension

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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