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Service bulletin PIT5206B

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 id10247763
Published by NHTSA2023-12-26
Manufacturer's numberPIT5206B
Manufacturer's date2014-05-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Unwanted Grade Braking - Low Power - And/Or Transmission Busy Shifting.

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 ESCALADE ESV2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2012, 2013
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2014
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CHEVROLET TAHOE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
GMC SIERRA 15002012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (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
26V2890002026-05-07. POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
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)
20141022014-03-31. Powertrain
14V1520002014-03-31. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
20134562013-12-20. Powertrain
13V0010002013-01-02. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

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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