Service bulletins for the 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV
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.
1239 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 16NA338 | 2019-07-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Bulletin provides guidelines for Dealers Not Required and for Dealers Required to Contact the PQC for engine or transmission assembly replacement and explains the PQC process, GWM Transaction submission, vehicle service record retention and proper handling of assembly returns. |
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| 16NA222 | 2019-07-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides information on Engine Concerns that could result from lack of scheduled maintenance, improper service or aftermarket calibrations. |
| PIT5317C | 2019-07-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the rear body fuse block with a loose fuse connection. Technician will need to check terminal tension on the rear fuse block. Technician will need to replace the rear body fuse block if poor terminal tension is the issue. Technician will need to replace the appropriate terminated lead if something other than the main power buss bar has poor terminal tension. |
| PIT5692 | 2019-07-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about how to diagnosis a battery draw that may be caused by a module back feeding voltage in the ignition relay circuits making the vehicle think it is still awake. |
| PIT5457D | 2019-07-08. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle with Service ABS and/or Traction control lights/message on, Service Power Steering System, Service Suspension System, and or Loss of communication with EBCM, SWPS, PSCM, and/or SCM. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes U0077, U0121, U0126, U0131, U0139, U0401, U0415, and/or U0428. Technician should remove the driver and passenger sill plate to gain access to the wire harness. If any open, damaged, or corroded wires should be repaired. |
| PIT5074L | 2019-07-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the latest test probe released for checking tension or probing the .64 series terminals. The test probe terminal has been released in the terminal repair kit (J-38125-620H) located in Lear Tray 7 part number 963716-2. There are 5 terminated leads in a package part number is 13505346, which can be ordered through your normal General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales parts channel. |
| 080730035D | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides information on the harmful effects of water or ethylene glycol in transmission fluid. |
| 16NA383 | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. This informational bulletin advises of a new fuel injection kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves, and explains how toptier fuels should be used to reduce carbon build up. |
| 16NA119 | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This warranty administration bulletin provide policy information to cover GM's policy on performing GM covered vehicle services and maintenance on vehicles originating/sold in Canada. |
| 19NA116 | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of pulsing, grinding, scraping noise from brakes, uneven front brake pad wear. |
| 080089014E | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Use of Dealer Case Management (DCM) and Being Prepared for Contacting U.S. Technical Assistance (TAC). |
| 000310006N | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. TIRES. This informational bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Tire Radial Force Variation (RFV). |
| 19NA116 | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of pulsing, grinding, scraping noise from brakes, uneven front brake pad wear. |
| 18NA355 | 2019-07-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This technical bulletin provides information for new transmission oil to use and a procedure for exchanging the old fluid and adding the new fluid to correct a shake/shudder during light throttle acceleration condition. |
| PIP5632A | 2019-06-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that General Motors Technical Assistance Center may ask for Global Diagnostic System 2 Session Log. Technician will need use Global Diagnostic System 2 to send the session logs to General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance on the vehicle in question. |
| PIT5551D | 2019-06-10. Service bulletin. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE. This Preliminary information communicates a "Forward Collision System Reduced" message displayed on the DIC when the Forward Automatic Braking has been set to the "Alert" setting. This is normal when the FAB has been set to "Alert". |
| PIT5683 | 2019-06-10. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. This Preliminary information communicates that unwanted liftgate opening can occur if the customer leaves a programmed fob in the vicinity of the passive liftgate antenna. If the antenna can locate a programmed fob in said area, the gate will open if the liftgate open switch or hands free sensor is activated. |
| PIP5640 | 2019-06-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician to not remove the torque converter bolts and start the engine as this may cause damage to the torque converter of the crankshaft on vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission. |
| PIP5226C | 2019-06-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about finding needle bearings during an oil change. Technician will gain access to the roller rockers to inspect them. Only replace the roller rocker that is missing needle bearings. Be sure to clean the oil drains to retrieve the needle bearings. Each roller rocker has 66 bearings. |
| PIC5260C | 2019-06-03. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician the steps on diagnosing the concern. Customer's sunroof operation intermittent, bind, noise, auto-reverse, and/or water leaks. |
| PIT5377G | 2019-06-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on the step needed to diagnose and repair vehicles that may have uneven brake pad wear. Technician will need to inspect and measure the brake pads thickness. Also determine the customer?s driving style. The disc brake pads should only be replaced if the friction surface is worn to within 2.0 mm (0.079 in) of the mounting plates. The rotors and pads should be replaced with the updated part number If the pads are out of specification, perform normal Service Information diagnostics to determine the cause of the concern. |
| PIC6123C | 2019-06-03. Service bulletin. BACK OVER PREVENTION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LANE DEPARTURE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician for the adaptive cruise control or lane keep assist unavailable message in the driver?s information center after the vehicle has been parked in direct sunlight and high ambient temperatures. The cameras electronic control unit?s internal operating temperature range is -40 degrees Celsius to 85 degrees Celsius. If the temperature of the electronic control unit of the camera module exceeds 85 degrees Celsius the image processor will no longer function resulting in adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist to be unavailable until the temperature falls to below the maximum operating temperature range |
| PIT5564B | 2019-06-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary information communicates an issue with aftermarket USB chargers causing SIR DTC's to set. |
| PIT5195E | 2019-06-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the speedometer needle appears to be inaccurate. Dealer should advise the customer the specification for speedometer needle accuracy is +/- 2 MPH at any given speed when looking straight at the needle. |
| PIT5487E | 2019-06-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; BACK OVER PREVENTION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have multiple messages on the driver information center Service Parking Assist System, Service Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Surround Vision Camera, and Service Driver Assist Message. The Front park, turn signal, day time running lights, and/or cornering lights may be inoperative. Some fuses may be blown F10DL, F19DR, F43UA, and/or F46DR. Also these diagnostic trouble codes may be set B2530, B2575, B2699, B258A, B2580, B2590, B2595, B2600, B2605, B260E, B260D, B3948, B3949, U0075, U209E, U026A, U026B, U026C, U0265, U0268, and/or U0269. These concerns could be caused by the fascia harness shorted at the end of the right front bumper bar. The front fascia may need to be removed to make repairs to the wiring harness if any damage is found. Technician will also relocate the harness to prevent the concern in the future. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.