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Service bulletin PI0488C

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 id10254219
Published by NHTSA2024-05-06
Manufacturer's numberPI0488C
Manufacturer's date2013-05-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Diagnostic Information for 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

Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC CTS2013
CADILLAC CTS-V2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAMARO2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET TAHOE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SAVANA2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA 15002010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20182122018-04-27. Accessories
18V2670002018-04-26. EQUIPMENT
13V5440002015-10-30. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
14V7060002014-11-05. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
14V3410002014-06-19. AIR BAGS; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
13V4630002013-09-26. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
20130222013-01-23. Label
13V0010002013-01-02. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
12V1690002012-04-17. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
10V4140002010-09-13. EQUIPMENT

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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