Service bulletin 15-NA-046

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	10137210
Published by NHTSA	2018-05-21
Manufacturer's number	15-NA-046
Manufacturer's date	2015-11-02
NHTSA component	STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

NHTSA's summary

This technical bulletin provides repair information for replacing the steering wheel airbag to correct a customer concern that the steering wheel airbag is not flush to the steering wheel and/or it is difficult to depress airbag to engage the horn.

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

Air bags, Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ATS	2015
CADILLAC CTS	2015
CADILLAC ELR	2015
CADILLAC ESCALADE	2015
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV	2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC SRX	2015
CADILLAC XTS	2015

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
18207 01	2022-05-31. Service bulletin. Customer Satisfaction. Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the power steering gear motor could separate from the steering gear housing due to corrosion of the attaching bolts. If the motor separates, power steering assist may be reduced or lost, and the driver may experience an unexpected increase in steering effort, especially at low speeds. Replace the bolts that attach the electric power steering motor to the steering gear and add a protective wax coating to each bolt and the seam around the electric power steering motor. If the bolts cannot be removed due to corrosion, the steering gear must be replaced. Revised Parts Information
18207	2022-05-31. Service bulletin. Customer Satisfaction. Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the power steering gear motor could separate from the steering gear housing due to corrosion of the attaching bolts. If the motor separates, power steering assist may be reduced or lost, and the driver may experience an unexpected increase in steering effort, especially at low speeds. Replace the bolts that attach the electric power steering motor to the steering gear and add a protective wax coating to each bolt and the seam around the electric power steering motor. If the bolts cannot be removed due to corrosion, the steering gear must be replaced.
PIC6025D	2019-06-10. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides the technician with a diagnostic tip for vehicles with intermittent no crack with a "Turn Steering Wheel Start Vehicle Again". If there is a Diagnostic Trouble Code B305A stored history in the Body Control Module it may have been caused by a bound up steering wheel. Review the owner?s manual Starting the Vehicle Messages section with the customer.
PIT5452B	2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a pop, click, tick, snap, or itch type noise in the steering column or steering wheel when turning left or right during low speeds or parking maneuvers. Technician will need to inspect for mis-routed airbag module wiring harness for contacting vibration damper plate in steering wheel, orreplace the column upper bearing inner race, spring, and seat.
GCUS-9-3977	2017-10-15. Service bulletin. 17016 - Special Coverage - Certain vehicles may have a steering wheel in which the plating on the chrome trim bezel is separated from the plastic substrate. Separation of the chrome plating may create a rough edge. Dealers are to replace the steering wheel chrome trim bezel with an improved chrome trim bezel.
PIC6025	2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that has an intermittent no crank with a "Turn Steering Wheel Start Vehicle Again" message. If the steering is bound up so the column lock cannot retract when the vehicle start button is pressed the Body Control Module will not allow the vehicle to start. Dealer should review the owner's manual description for this message in the Starting the Vehicle Messages section which states: "TURN STEERING WHEEL START VEHICLE AGAIN" with the customer.
PIT5312A	2017-03-16. Service bulletin. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON HOW TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE A GRIND, POP, SHUDDER OR BIND FEELING/NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT FOR THE LOWER COLUMN BEARING TO BE OUT OF POSITION AND THE UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT TO LOWER COLUMN SHAFT BOLT AND NUT MAY BE CONTACTING THE INHIBITOR/SHIFTIER CABLE BRACKET. TECHNICIAN WILL REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN FOR THIS CONCERN.
15472	2017-01-30. Service bulletin. 15472 - SERVICE UPDATE. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN 2015 MODEL YEAR CADILLAC ESCALADE AND ESCALADE ESV VEHICLES. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES: (I) UPDATING THE VIDEO-PROCESSING MODULE (VPM) AND HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) SOFTWARE, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE 360-DEGREE CAMERA’S CLARITY; (II) INSPECTING THE BATTERY FOR A LOW CHARGE CONDITION AND REPLACING THE BATTERY AS REQUIRED; AND (III) INSPECTING THE STEERING COLUMN FOR A CLICKING SOUND AND REPAIRING THE COLUMN AS REQUIRED.
PIC-6025-A	2016-08-25. Service bulletin. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES THE TECHNICIAN WITH A DIAGNOSTIC TIP FOR VEHICLES WITH INTERMITTENT NO CRACK WITH A "TURN STEERING WHEEL START VEHICLE AGAIN". IF THERE IS A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B305A STORED HISTORY IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A BOUND UP STEERING WHEEL. REVIEW THE OWNER’S MANUAL STARTING THE VEHICLE MESSAGES SECTION WITH THE CUSTOMER.
PIT5352	2016-06-17. Service bulletin. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.