# Service bulletin PIT5849C

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10204459
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-12\-13
- Manufacturer's number: PIT5849C
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-11\-29
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary information communicates an issue with the rear tail / parking lights staying on and do not time out after exiting the vehicle and passive locking the vehicle. This condition can lead to a dead battery. GM Engineering has released a fix and dealers are to reprogram the BCM per Customer Satisfaction Program N212344990.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10204459-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10204459-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Lighting, Tail lights

## Vehicles listed

- 2022 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
- 2022 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500
- 2022 GMC SIERRA 2500
- 2022 GMC SIERRA 3500

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PIT5849D](/bulletins/10204464.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT. This Preliminary information communicates an issue with the rear tail / parking lights staying on and do not time out after exiting the vehicle and passive locking the vehicle. This condition can lead to a dead battery. GM Engineering has released a fix and dealers are to reprogram the BCM per Customer Satisfaction Program N212344990.

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