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Service bulletin PIP5641C

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 id10170420
Published by NHTSA2020-01-21
Manufacturer's numberPIP5641C
Manufacturer's date2019-12-04
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary information communicates that Engineering is currently investigating the cause of P0A3F. Advising the dealers to check connections. If nothing less found replace the power inverter module, the under-hood "engine" harness, and the transmission

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

Trouble codes named

P0A3F

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET BOLT EV2017, 2018, 2019

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

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