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Service bulletin 12244

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 id10138231
Published by NHTSA2018-05-21
Manufacturer's number12244
Manufacturer's date2012-11-28
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

12244 - Service Update. These vehicles may have a 2-3 or 4-5 upshift harshness, harsh Reverse to Drive shift, coast-down shift bumps, harsh tap shift, and other hard/harsh shift responses. Dealers are to reprogram the transmission control module (TCM).

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

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC XTS2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20140822014-03-18. Electrical
13V2200002013-05-24. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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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