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Service bulletin PIP4021D

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 id10154312
Published by NHTSA2019-03-11
Manufacturer's numberPIP4021D
Manufacturer's date2019-02-21
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that a whine noise heard from the automatic transmission fluid pan hear with the the key on and engine off, or for up to one minute after the vehicle has been shut off should be deemed a normal characteristic.

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

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ATS2013, 2014, 2015
CADILLAC CTS2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2017
CADILLAC SRX2007, 2008, 2009
CADILLAC STS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CADILLAC XLR2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAMARO2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CHEVROLET COLORADO2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2017
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
CHEVROLET TAHOE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
GMC CANYON2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
GMC SAVANA2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
GMC SIERRA2017
GMC SIERRA 15002009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
HUMMER H22008, 2009
PONTIAC G82008, 2009

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
26V2890002026-05-07. POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
20205052020-10-23. Powertrain
20V6500002020-10-22. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
20200202020-01-23. Powertrain
20V0380002020-01-23. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
14V8190002014-12-24. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
20145892014-12-22. Powertrain
20142542014-06-27. Powertrain
14V3740002014-06-27. POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
20142392014-06-19. Powertrain

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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