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Service bulletin PIT5546E

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 id10160689
Published by NHTSA2019-06-03
Manufacturer's numberPIT5546E
Manufacturer's date2019-04-24
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary information communicates that water leaking into the headlamp assembly or headlamp assembly connections can cause an electrical short which will keep modules from shutting down causing a dead battery and a no crank condition, a crank no start, or unable to program the engine control module. Engine control module will set a diagnostic trouble code of P1682, or the engine will continue to run with the ignition off.

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

Body and frame, Electrical system, Lighting

Trouble codes named

P1682

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (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
20242942024-05-24. Electrical
20214072021-07-01. Electrical
20196312019-12-12. Electrical
19V8880002019-12-12. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
20193252019-06-28. Electrical
20192042019-04-26. Electrical
20160682016-02-11. Electrical
16V0840002016-02-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

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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