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Service bulletin PIP5557C

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 id10144471
Published by NHTSA2018-09-17
Manufacturer's numberPIP5557C
Manufacturer's date2018-08-27
NHTSA componentENGINE; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary information communicates the Control Valve Body spacer plate orifice #33 may be restricted as root cause for themay not go above 30 mph, may be stuck in 2nd gear, will not upshift, MIL is on, and/or DTC P2821 concern,to replace the plate as necessary.

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, Transmission and driveline

Trouble codes named

P2821

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CRUZE2018
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2018
CHEVROLET MALIBU2018
CHEVROLET TRAVERSE2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20205202020-10-29. Powertrain
20V6680002020-10-29. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
20194492019-09-06. Engine
19V6420002019-09-06. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
17V5160002017-08-22. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

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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