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Service bulletin PI0969

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 id10139019
Published by NHTSA2018-06-04
Manufacturer's numberPI0969
Manufacturer's date2013-05-03
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

This preliminary informational bulletin provides information on High Oil Pressure on Startup After Engine Replacement Concern.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET ASTRO1996 to 1999
CHEVROLET ASTRO2002
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 25002002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET BLAZER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
CHEVROLET EXPRESS1997
CHEVROLET EXPRESS1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
CHEVROLET G VAN1996
CHEVROLET P1996 to 1999
CHEVROLET P SERIES2000
CHEVROLET P31998 to 1999
CHEVROLET P30 CHASSIS1997
CHEVROLET PICKUP1996
CHEVROLET S/T PICKUP1996
CHEVROLET S101997 to 2002
CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP1996
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15001999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25001999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35001999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SONIC2013
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
CHEVROLET TAHOE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
CHEVROLET V SERIES2000
CHEVROLET W SERIES2000
GMC ENVOY1998
GMC ENVOY2000
GMC ENVOY2002
GMC G SERIES1999 to 2000
GMC G VAN1997
GMC G VAN BUS2000
GMC GM2001 to 2002
GMC GMC TRUCK1996
GMC JIMMY1996 to 2002
GMC M/L VAN2000
GMC P1997 to 1999
GMC SAFARI1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
GMC SAVANA1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
GMC SONOMA1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
GMC SUBURBAN1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
GMC SUBURBAN2001
GMC YUKON1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
GMC YUKON DENALI2000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2000, 2001, 2002

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
08V6500002008-12-10. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
08V6490002008-12-09. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
20073632007-11-09. Engine
07V5210002007-11-07. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
04V2890002004-06-23. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
20041952004-06-11. Engine
03V2500002003-07-15. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
00V2580012000-09-08. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
19972011997-11-18. Engine

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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