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Service bulletin PIT3227R

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 id10211764
Published by NHTSA2022-05-16
Manufacturer's numberPIT3227R
Manufacturer's date2022-04-13
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have slack in one of the tailgate cables. Technician should not replace any parts for this concern. Please communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle.

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

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT 15002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET COLORADO2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET COLORADO2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC1998, 1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET S101998 to 2004
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15001999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002021 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002022 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC C SERIES2000
GMC C/K SUBURBAN (GMC)1998 to 1999
GMC CANYON2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC CANYON2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
GMC SIERRA 15002006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002021, 2022 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002003, 2004, 2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35001999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SONOMA1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20250522025-02-06. Structure
25V0600002025-02-06. STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS:ACTIVE SHUTTERS/GRILL
20240612024-02-01. Structure
20V3240002020-06-04. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
20200972020-03-12. Structure
06V0660002006-03-08. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
04V1290002004-03-17. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
03V0370002003-02-06. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
20010162001-01-29. Structure

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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