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Service bulletins for the 2013 Cadillac XTS

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.

2094 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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16-NA-2222017-05-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES THE TECHNICIAN WITH WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO AN ENGINE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
PIP54192017-05-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR; EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST. TECHNICIAN MAY FIND THE LEFT HAND CATALYTIC CONVERTER PIPE CRACKING NEAR CYLINDER HEAD MOUNTING FLANGE WELD. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WITH LATEST PART NUMBER FROM GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE PARTS OPERATIONS. GENERAL MOTORS IS WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THIS CONCERN.
PIP5029G2017-05-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON OR ENGINE MISFIRE, ROUGH IDLE, EXTENDED CRANK, OR CRANK NO START IN SOME CASES. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO PERFORM PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS. IF TECHNICIAN FINDS CARBON, AN UPPER ENGINE AND VALVE CLEANING SHOULD BE PERFORMED.
PIC6086B2017-05-05. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES THE TECHNICIAN WITH STEPS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF AN OILY SUBSTANCE THAT MAY BE FOUND ON THE INSIDE WINDSHIELD SURFACE, AND APPEARS TO BE LEAKING FROM THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AREA. TECHNICIAN WILL REMOVE THE MOISTURE SENSOR AND CLEAN THE GLASS AND MOUNTING BRACKET WITH ALCOHOL WIPE. IF THE GEL SEPARATES FROM THE SENSOR THE SENSOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.
PIC6073C2017-05-05. Service bulletin. STEERING. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT THE MEDIA ORIENTED SYSTEMS TRANSPORT BUS DIAGNOSTIC TOOL KIT (EL-51578) HAS BEEN RELEASED TO HELP DIAGNOSE ANY OF THE MEDIA ORIENTED SYSTEMS TRANSPORT BUS CONCERNS. THE KIT CONTAINS HEADER CONNECTORS THAT ARE INSTALLED TO BYPASS MEDIA ORIENTED SYSTEMS TRANSPORT BUS MODULES. THE BYPASS CONNECTOR ALSO CONTAINS A TERMINAL FOR VERIFYING MEDIA ORIENTED SYSTEMS TRANSPORT CONTROL CIRCUIT VOLTAGES. TECHNICIAN SHOULD REVIEW MEDIA ORIENTED SYSTEMS TRANSPORT BUS DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE U0028 DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES.
PIT4720D2017-03-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN THAT AFTER REPLACING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER THE EXCHANGE CENTER IS UNABLE TO PROGRAM THE ACTUAL MILEAGE ON THE ODOMETER OR THE ACTUAL MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN. DEALER WILL NEED TO FOLLOW DEALER TO THE GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL SECTION 5.2.4 ODOMETER SERVICING.
PIP5226A2017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 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.
PIC61702017-03-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN WITH THE STEPS NEED TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLE THAT MAY HAVE A CONCERN WITH NAVIGATION ICON NOT SHOWING THE CORRECT LOCATION THEN JUMPING TO THE CORRECT LOCATION. THE POSITION INDICATOR MAY SHOW THE VEHICLE TURNING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR MAY SHOW THE VEHICLE TRAVELING OFF THE ROAD. TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE MOUNTING. FOLLOW SERVICE INFORMATION FOR THE CORRECT ORIENTATION OF THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE.
PIT53672017-03-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE A BLANK DISPLAYS, FLASHING DISPLAYS, “ERROR OR UPDATE FAILED MESSAGES”, NAVIGATION MAP NOT LOADING, BLUETOOTH OR USB CONCERNS. TECHNICIAN SHOULD INSPECT THE USB/SD CARD PORT FOR A SD CARD OR A DEVICE PLUG INTO ANY OF THE USB PORTS.
PIT3271G2017-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT CHANGING THE TIRE AND WHEEL SIZE ON VEHICLES. GENERAL MOTORS WILL ONLY SUPPORT A TIRE CALIBRATION FOR TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN SIZED, TESTED AND DESIGNED FOR THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS. TECHNICIAN SHOULD NOT USE THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM TIRE SIZE SELECTION.
PIP52572017-03-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE OIL MIXED IN WITH THE ENGINE COOLANT. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO INSPECT THE OIL COOLER IF EQUIPPED FOR POSSIBLE LEAKING INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM THROUGH THE RADIATOR. IF NO ISSUE FOUND REPLACE THE ENGINE AS WELL AS ALL RUBBER COOLANT HOSES.
PIC6013A2017-03-14. Service bulletin. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE A "ADAPTIVE CRUISE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE" MESSAGE ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVATE THE CRUISE. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO PERFORM A MULTI AXIS SENSOR YAW RATE SENSOR LEARN PROCEDURE. ALSO PERFORM THE LONG RANGE RADAR LEARN CALLED-OUT IN THE RADAR SENSOR MODULE - LONG RANGE PROGRAMMING AND SETUP PROCEDURE IN SERVICE INFORMATION.
PIC4310K2017-03-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLE THAT MAY HAVE AN ONSTAR SYSTEM THAT HAS PROGRESSION TONES WHEN PRESSING THE BLUE OR RED BUTTON. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO CALL GENERAL MOTORS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER WITH THE SCAN TOOL DATA FROM THE ONSTAR SYSTEM.
G-1930172017-02-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. 13120C - SERVICE UPDATE (REVISED EXPIRATION DATE). THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, EQUIPPED WITH 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SOLENOID IN THE TECHM CAN STICK DUE TO DEBRIS IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT THE END OF A COAST-DOWN, AS THE VEHICLE IS COMING TO A STOP, A STUCK SOLENOID WILL FAIL TO RELEASE THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH. THIS KEEPS THE ENGINE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE DRIVEN WHEELS. AS THE VEHICLE STOPS, THE ENGINE SPEED WILL BE PULLED DOWN BELOW NORMAL IDLE SPEED AND THE ENGINE MAY STALL. THE VEHICLE CAN BE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED AND DRIVEN. THE REPROGRAMMING WILL INSTALL A REVISED CALIBRATION TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.
00-03-10-003U2017-02-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS WARRANTY ADMINISTRATION BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE TIRES SUPPLIED WITH A NEW VEHICLE ARE COVERED BY GENERAL MOTORS AGAINST DEFECTS IN MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP UNDER THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY.
12187C2017-02-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "12187C - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM (REVISED EXPIRATION DATE). CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT WERE SERVICED WITH AN INCORRECT CALIBRATION, MAY HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE AUTOMATIC CRASH RESPONSE SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK AS INTENDED BECAUSE OF A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. THE AUTOMATIC CRASH RESPONSE SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO ENABLE THESE VEHICLES TO NOTIFY ONSTAR® IF THEY ARE INVOLVED IN CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES. THE SOFTWARE PROBLEM WE FOUND AFFECTS THE VEHICLE’S ABILITY TO NOTIFY ONSTAR® IN CRASHES THAT MEET THE SEVERITY PARAMETERS FOR AUTOMATIC CRASH NOTIFICATION BUT DO NOT TRIGGER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, SUCH AS CERTAIN REAR END CRASHES. IN CRASHES WITH AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, THE AUTOMATIC CRASH RESPONSE SYSTEM WORKS AS DESIGNED. THIS CONDITION DOES NOT AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS OR THE SAFETY BELT PRETENSIONERS, WHICH REDUCE SLACK IN THE SAFETY BELT IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMPACT. THE AIRBAGS AND SAFETY BELT PRETENSIONERS WILL DEPLOY AS DESIGNED. A VEHICLE OCCUPANT WILL BE ABLE TO CONTACT AN ONSTAR® EMERGENCY ADVISOR BY PUSHING THE ONSTAR® EMERGENCY BUTTON. DEALERS ARE TO REPROGRAM THE SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE (SDM)."
146872017-02-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. 14687 - SERVICE UPDATE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) ON SOME 2013 MODEL YEAR CADILLAC ATS, SRX AND XTS VEHICLES MAY INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO OPERATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN THE “ON/RUN” POWER MODE. VEHICLES WITH THIS CONDITION MAY HAVE INOPERATIVE ANALOG GAUGES OR INDICATOR TELLTALES WHEN THE IGNITION IS IN THE “ON/RUN” POWER MODE. CYCLING THE IPC FROM A SLEEP STATE TO A WAKE-UP POWER STATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CORRECT THE CONDITION; CUSTOMERS OR SERVICE TECHNICIANS, HOWEVER, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THIS CONDITION.
14687 MESSAGE 22017-02-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. 14687 - SERVICE UPDATE (STOP PERFORMING UPDATE MESSAGE). GENERAL MOTORS HAS DETERMINED THAT 2013 CADILLAC ATS MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BASE RADIO (RPO RAO WITHOUT UA3) ONLY ARE NOT PROGRAMMING SUCCESSFULLY. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, PLEASE STOP PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE CONTAINED IN SERVICE UPDATE BULLETIN 14687 ON THESE VEHICLES. DEALERS MAY CONTINUE TO PERFORM THIS SERVICE UPDATE ON 2013 CADILLAC SRX AND XTS MODEL VEHICLES AND ATS MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CUE RADIOS (RPO RAO WITH UA3).
14687A2017-01-31. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. 14687A - SERVICE UPDATE (REVISED SERVICE PROCEDURE AND WARRANTY TRANSACTION INFORMATION). THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) ON SOME 2013 MODEL YEAR CADILLAC ATS, SRX AND XTS VEHICLES MAY INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO OPERATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN THE “ON/RUN” POWER MODE. VEHICLES WITH THIS CONDITION MAY HAVE INOPERATIVE ANALOG GAUGES OR INDICATOR TELLTALES WHEN THE IGNITION IS IN THE “ON/RUN” POWER MODE. CYCLING THE IPC FROM A SLEEP STATE TO A WAKE-UP POWER STATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CORRECT THE CONDITION; CUSTOMERS OR SERVICE TECHNICIANS, HOWEVER, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THIS CONDITION.
12257A2017-01-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). 12257A - SERVICE UPDATE (REVISED SERVICE PROCEDURE). THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM MAY NOT CALCULATE THE MOST OPTIMAL ROUTE, RANDOMLY AVOID SOME STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY, AND PERFORM UNEXPECTED DETOURS EVEN UNDER GOOD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY IN AREAS WITH HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES AND EVACUATION ROADS. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, UPDATE THE NAVIGATION MAP DATABASE WITH AN SD CARD.
122572017-01-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). 12257 - SERVICE UPDATE. THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM MAY NOT CALCULATE THE MOST OPTIMAL ROUTE, RANDOMLY AVOID SOME STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY, AND PERFORM UNEXPECTED DETOURS EVEN UNDER GOOD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY IN AREAS WITH HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES AND EVACUATION ROADS. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, UPDATE THE NAVIGATION MAP DATABASE WITH AN SD CARD.
12227A2017-01-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. 12227A - SERVICE UPDATE (CLARIFICATION OF PURPOSE STATEMENT). AFTER CLOSING THE DOOR, THE VEHICLE WILL RUN CHECKS FOR 2 SECONDS TO DETERMINE IF THE RKE TRANSMITTER HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE VEHICLE. DURING THIS TWO SECOND TIME WINDOW, THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE TOUCHPAD WILL NOT LOCK THE DOORS WHEN TOUCHED, AND THE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. THE TOUCHPAD WILL FUNCTION NORMALLY AFTER THE 2 SECOND WINDOW. DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE KEYLESS ENTRY CONTROL MODULE TO REDUCE THE TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT REACT TO THE DOOR HANDLE TOUCH PAD (FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS TO ABOUT 1 ½ SECONDS).
154042017-01-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. 15404 - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM. CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY HAVE A CONDITION THAT IF INVOLVED IN A NON-DEPLOYMENT CRASH MAY NOT AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATE ANY POST-CRASH ACTIONS, INCLUDING AN AUTOMATIC CRASH RESPONSE (ACR) CALL FROM ONSTAR, DOOR UNLOCK, INTERIOR LAMP ILLUMINATION, HAZARD LAMP ACTIVATION, HVAC BLOWER SHUTDOWN, AND FUEL PUMP SHUTDOWN. A NON-DEPLOYMENT CRASH EVENT IS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS OR AIRBAGS. ALL POST-CRASH ACTIONS INCLUDING AN ONSTAR ACR CALL WILL FUNCTION AS DESIGNED FOR ANY CRASH WITH A SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER OR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE ONSTAR BUTTONS CAN BE PRESSED TO REQUEST HELP, IF NEEDED. DEALERS ARE TO REPROGRAM THE SDM, OR IN SOME INSTANCES, REPLACE THE SDM.
PI0388F2017-01-19. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY; SEAT BELTS; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO REPOSITION THE FRONT SEAT BELT LATCH PLATE FOR CONCERNS REGARDING THE SEAT BELT WEBBING OR LATCH PLATE COMING TWISTED.
11-08-49-001R2017-01-19. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT. THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO REMOVE THE TRANSPORT MODE ON MESSAGE DISPLAYED IN THE DIC DUE TO VEHICLES SHIPPED OVER LONG DISTANCES OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND CANADA.

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