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Service bulletins for the 2016 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.

1245 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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99-08-51-001D2018-06-11. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Thins informational bulletin provides information on Paint-less Dent Repair Process.
17-NA-0052018-06-11. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. This informational bulletin provides warranty coverage information for dealership personnel regarding a customer concern of the liftgate glass shattering, or blowing out when driving vehicle or closing a side door.
060089026N2018-06-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE); VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). This warranty bulletin provides labor operation numbers for customer concerns that cant be duplicated.
01-08-51-003E2018-05-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE. This informational bulletin provides recommendations and product information for application of anti-corrosion materials
06-08-64-001D2018-05-21. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. This Informational bulletin describes warranty part reviews where door glass had chips or scratches.
PI0281G2018-05-21. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information to dealership personnel which may be helpful when addressing underbody component corrosion with customers.
PI1043C2018-05-21. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. This preliminary informational bulletin adds the 2016 model year to information to correct a customer concern on opening hood when hood primary latch release cable is inoperative.
PIT4994E2018-01-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that have a rattle noise from the rear lift gate on rough roads. Technician will need to inspect the lift gate wedges by opening the lift gate, insert paper between the body side & lift-gate side wedges, and then close the lift gate. If the paper cannot be removed, grease lift-gate side wedges. If the paper can be removed, reset the wedges by loosen lift-gate side wedge center screw to allow center portion to "ratchet" along internal detents freely, pull center adjustment portion of lift-gate side wedges to full downward position, close lift-gate to full latch engagement then use power to close lift-gate system (if available), close manually on non-power lift gates and do not slam, open lift gate, and pull the center adjustment portion down one additional detent & torque screw 5.0 newton meters if wedge adjustment does not have enough travel for the one additional detent add washer under the two lift-gate side wedge attachments to shim as required. Now to inspect the lift gate wedges by opening the lift gate, insert paper between the body side & lift-gate side wedges, and then close the lift gate. If the paper cannot be removed, grease lift-gate side wedges. If the concern is still present adjust lift-gate latch striker.
02-07-30-029Y2017-12-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. This informational bulletin provides information on the PQC assembly replacement process - for dealers required to contact PQC prior to replacing an assembly (U.S. and Canada only).
PIP4495E2017-11-14. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a loud tick or rattle noise under the hood at all operating conditions. Technician will need to check the lower and oil pressure to the upper end oil pressure. Technician will need to inspect the oil feed orifice in the cylinder head. Technician will clean out and debris found in the orifice.
17-NA-0052017-08-31. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. This informational bulletin provides warranty coverage information for dealership personnel regarding a customer concern of the liftgate glass shattering, or blowing out when driving vehicle or closing a side door.
17-NA-0052017-08-31. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. This informational bulletin provides warranty coverage information for dealership personnel regarding a customer concern of the liftgate glass shattering, or blowing out when driving vehicle or closing a side door.
PIP53382017-08-15. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vibration complaints that are one of the most challenging complaints to accurately diagnose and repair. Technician will need to use Pico Oscilloscope Diagnostic Kit to effectively diagnosis vehicles. Technician should drive the vehicle will using the Pico Oscilloscope to record data. After the data is recorded it should be reviewed to determine the root cause of the concern. If a repair attempt made the concern better but not eliminated or had no affect at all, and are requesting assistance from General Motors Technical Assistance Center record another Pico file and save it to the computer. After the new Pico Oscilloscope data has been saved email the data to General Motors Technical Assistance Center in the subject line include ?Vibration? ?Business Associate Code? and the last 8 of the Vehicle Identification Number.
PIT4916E2017-08-15. 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.
PI1358A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE. This preliminary informational bulletin provides a procedure to install retainers to the carpet to correct a condition of the carpet pulling loose from under driver side body hinge pillar trim panel
05-08-51-001H2017-08-15. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. This informational bulletin provides information on removing paint stains on the under side of protective shipping film
PI1507A2017-03-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION BULLETIN INFORMS TECHNICIANS THAT SOME VEHICLES ROOFS ARE WAVEY AND THAT ITS PART OF THE BUILD PROCESS AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL.
PI1090B2017-03-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING SEAM SEALER TO THE OUTER FLOOR PANELS TO CORRECT A CONCERN REGARDING A WET FLOOR OR CARPET.
16-NA-1462016-10-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO INSPECT ALL FOUR OF THE LIFT GATE MOUNTING BRACKETS AND REPLACE BRACKETS IF NECESSARY TO CORRECT A CUSTOMER CONCERN THAT AFTER OPENING THE POWER LIFT GATE, IT WILL NOT STAY IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION AND MAY DRIFT DOWN A FEW INCHES BEFORE COMING TO A REST CAUSED BY TO AN INCORRECT BALL STUD STRUT BRACKET BEING INSTALLED DURING ASSEMBLY.
PIC-5260-A2016-08-11. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THE STEPS ON DIAGNOSING THE CONCERN. VEHICLE'S SUNROOF OPERATION INTERMITTENT, BIND, NOISE, AUTO-REVERSE, AND/OR WATER LEAKS.
PI-0281-E2016-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT MAY BE HELPFUL WHEN ADDRESSING UNDERBODY COMPONENT CORROSION WITH CUSTOMERS.
PI-1090-A2016-02-06. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. CHEVROLET/GMC: IN FOOTWELL AREA OF SOME VEHICLES, IN DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE, CARPET/FLOOR IS WET DUE TO SEALING THAT WAS INSUFFICIENT OR INCOMPLETE IN FRONT ROOF OF BODY SIDE SEAMS OUTER PANEL. MODEL 2010-16 TERRAIN, EQUINOX. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.