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Service bulletin 18288

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 id10150648
Published by NHTSA2018-12-10
Manufacturer's number18288
Manufacturer's date2018-10-16
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

18288 - Cutomer Satisfaction Program. On certain 2016 model year Cadillac ATS-V vehicles that are equipped with a twin turbocharged engine (RPO LF4) and a manual transmission (RPO MG9), the Engine Control Module (ECM) does not illuminate the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL), and does not set a diagnostic trouble code, as required when a malfunction causes the air-fuel mixture in one combustion cylinder of the engine to differ from other cylinders. Reprogram the ECM with updated software.

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 CTS-V2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20184812018-09-07. Electrical

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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