Service bulletins for the 2015 Chevrolet Equinox
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.
1582 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| PIC6057 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the vehicles location on the navigation display is off by up to a quarter of a mile. Technician should not replace any parts for this concern. Engineering is currently evaluating this concern. |
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| PIC5954A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have heated seats inoperative. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code U0209 in the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning. Technician will need to reprogram the seat heater control module using Service Programming System with the latest calibration to address the concern. |
| PIT4915D | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that vehicles built with Regular Production Option Code (UW6) the subwoofer is only used for the Active Noise Cancellation. |
| PIT5074H | 2017-08-15. 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. |
| PIT5355 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have creak, pop, tick or itch type noise from the windshield area while driving the vehicle when the ambient temperature is below ?6.5° Celsius (20° Fahrenheit). If the technician has completed the latest version of PI1120 and the concern is still present the windshield will need to be replaced. |
| PIT5236A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D stored in Telematics Communication Interface Control Module. Technician will need to call General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. If the Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D has a sym 37 set please refer to the latest version of PIC5492. |
| PIT5353 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about what XM offerings are available for vehicles. A dealer or customer can access the website listed below for vehicle specific XM offerings and availability. |
| PIT5436A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with wireless fidelity inoperative after the OnStar module was replaced. Technician will need to perform a WIFI Activation using Service Programming System. |
| PIT5354 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician how determine if the vehicle is equipped with wireless fidelity. Technician should check the Regular Production Option Code list for (VV4). |
| PIC5492C | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D-37 history in the Vehicle Communication Interface Module or telematics communication interface control module. Engineering has determined that this code will only display in history on the scan tool and will not cause issues with OnStar system operation. |
| PIP5029F | 2017-08-15. 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. |
| PIT5195B | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. 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. |
| PIT5436 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with OnStar WIFI is inoperative after a VCIM replacement. Technician will need to contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center with module information. |
| PIT5264B | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that are travelling from Canada to the United States. While in the United States they are unable to receive Turn-by-Turn directions. Due to the existing cellular provider not having roaming agreements in areas outside of Canada to support transmitting of the packet data required for Turn-By-Turn feature to operate. The customer has 3 options while traveling through the United Sates. First if the vehicle is equipped with a navigation radio they can request a "Destination Download" to the vehicle. Second if the customer uses the OnStar RemoteLink app they can send the directions to the vehicle. The third option would be to have the vehicle loaded with a ?500 phone number? The customer will no longer be able to use their Hands Free Calling minutes when the new 500 phone number is loaded. If a customer chooses to restore Hands Free Calling in the future a new phone number will be assigned to the vehicle; previous phone numbers are not available. |
| PIT4916E | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have may a helicopter type noise when a rear window is lowered. This is a normal characteristic of this vehicle, but the concern can be minimized by lowering a front door glass approximately 1 to 2 inches. |
| PIT4995E | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER; VISIBILITY. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the rear wiper and/or the front rain sense wipers turn off when the vehicle is shifted to neutral. This is the normal operating characteristic of this vehicle. This is called Car Wash Mode. |
| PIC6077C | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a radio that the iPhone does not automatically re-pair and is no longer shown in the radio?s Device List, XM Weather Alerts Activate Automatically after an ignition cycle, the Bluetooth connection may be lost when replying to a text message, After a OnStar Turn By Turn a "Routing" screen appears and stays on display even though the route requested had finished downloading, and USB audio still plays through speakers while Bluetooth phone call is in session. Technician will need to reprogram the radio. |
| PIT5205A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a blower speed knob only goes to 8 with less than expected high blower speed air flow. Technician should not replace any parts for this concern. Dealer should advise the customer to turn the ECO button Off and On at different blower speed settings 6 through 8 and note the change in the audible sound and air flow. This is a new enhancement to improve fuel economy when the ECO button is turned on. |
| PIC6111A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles equipped with radio Regular Production Option Code UFU, UP9, UHQ, UHK, UFW, UHR, UHJ, or UFF when the display shows Theft Locked. If this concern is current and your dealership is within 4 hours of Warren, Michigan or within 4 hours of Atlanta, Georgia, please contact the General Motors Technical Assistance Center to review direction before attempting repairs, power cycling the module, clearing codes, or disconnecting the battery. |
| PIC6120 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about iPhones will not always autoconnect through Bluetooth to the vehicle. If the vehicle has more than one device listed in the Bluetooth device list, and the last device used was an Apple product, the Apple products will not autoconnect. The system will connect to one of the other devices instead. This concern is usually noticed after Retained Accessory Power has cancelled and the vehicle has gone to sleep. Advise the customer that they will need to update their Apple device to the latest operating system. |
| PIP5297A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have difficulty filling the fuel tank and / or experience fuel spit-back when fueling. Technician will follow published Service Information diagnostics to determine a root cause. If Service Information diagnostics does not isolate the cause of this concern, dealer should replace the fuel tank assembly and fuel pump assembly O-ring seals. |
| PIC6116 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about some vehicles that may have a concern of Bluetooth music skipping. This condition is a normal operating characteristic of the vehicle. Streaming music through Bluetooth uses a lot of the radio's processing resources. If the radio is also dedicating a large amount of resources to other applications such as navigation, booting, or XM Weather the Bluetooth audio may hesitate/skip as the system is being heavily loaded. |
| PIC6106A | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have the radio display that will go blank and come back on after a few seconds then display may show the splash screen or come back on to the last screen that was displayed. Infrequent resets can occur in a high load condition such as long routes, driving against a route or rerouting, Bluetooth streaming, and start up when Bluetooth or USB is syncing is considered a normal operating condition. Replacing the radio for these infrequent instances will not repair these concerns. If published Service Information diagnostics do not lead to a diagnosis and the concern is happening on more than just the very rare occasions, retrieve the radio end model part number using Global Diagnostic System 2 or from the radio and contact the General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further diagnostic assistance. |
| PIT5411D | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the Human Machine Interface, Radio or Tuner, radio controls, Integrated Center Stack, display, and Media Disc Players are placed on restriction through the General Motors Technical Assistance Center. Dealer will need to contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. |
| PIT5236F | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D stored in Telematics Communication Interface Control Module. Technician will check Global Warranty Management system for customer satisfaction program 15086 status. If the status of the customer satisfaction program 15086 was not completed follow the steps to get the Telematics Communication Interface Control Module replaced. If the status of customer satisfaction program 15086 is found completed contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center OnStar group for further assistance. |
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