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Service bulletin 18078

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 id10139296
Published by NHTSA2018-06-04
Manufacturer's number18078
Manufacturer's date2018-03-23
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

18078 - Service Update. Certain vehicles equipped with a tow/haul mode activation ?On? calibration (RPO 5G8) that recently had service repairs for either; #18-NA-005: Diagnostic Tip for Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) Low Washer Indicator Not Setting a Warning When Empty - (Jan 16, 2018) or #17466: Service Update - Timing Belt Message Displayed at 100,000 Miles (160,000 KM), Not 150,000 Miles (240,000 KM) Per Specifications - (Jan 17, 2018), may have received an incorrect instrument panel cluster (IPC) XML file resulting in the tow/haul mode telltale display to not illuminate when it is on. This does not apply to any vehicles reprogrammed on or after March 20, 2018. Dealers are to reprogram the IPC.

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, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COLORADO2018
GMC CANYON2018

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

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