Service bulletins for the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado
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.
2256 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 12-06-04-002C | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. This informational bulletin provides general information and helpful guidelines to use when diagnosing and repairing diesel exhaust fluid related DIC warnings and messages. |
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| 06-06-01-007H | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides additional information on identifying duramax aftermarket power up devices that may cause damage to the engine and not covered under warranty. |
| 02-06-01-022O | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL. This informational bulletin explains possible normal diesel engine noises. |
| 03-06-03-004M | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. This warranty bulletin explains how to use the EL-50313 Midtronic GR8 Battery tester to test a battery and determin if it is warranty or not. |
| 09-00-89-002J | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This informational bulletin provides information to the dealers on properly maintaining vehicles in inventory. |
| PI0653B | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. This preliminary informational bulletin was created to inform Service Agents or Dealers, they may be charged back for parts and labor due to the turbo-chargers are being returned to the Warranty Parts center damaged, improperly assembled or missing parts and advising to properly package the complete turbochargers. |
| PI1085A | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. This preliminary bulletin provides a procedure to test and replace the remote transmitter to correct the customers concern of poor range, TPM indicator on. |
| PI02003C | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This preliminary bulletin provides a diagnostic tip to install a temporary dowl rod to perform an alignment. |
| 00-03-10-006K | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. TIRES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This informational bulletin provides the technician with information on tire radial force variations and how to use it. |
| 13-02-32-001B | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to repair any power steering leak that may be caused from extremely low temperatures and use the recommended fluid. |
| PI1290 | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR; EQUIPMENT; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. This preliminary bulletin provides a procedure to replace the windshild to correct the customers concern of a loose mirrior and/or bracket fell off. |
| 13-02-32-001C | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. STEERING; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to repair any power steering leak that may be caused from extremely low temperatures and use the recommended fluid. |
| 08-08-48-003H | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to install double sided tape to the windshield molding to correct the customers concern of a tapping or clicking noise at the winshield area. |
| PI0688F | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This preliminary bullin provides a procedure to replace the mobile microphone speaker to correct the customers concern for poor voice quality when using bluetooth. |
| 03-06-04-017G | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This informational bulletin explains the use of diesel fuel additives to remove water or enhance performance. |
| PI1051A | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This preliminary bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the TCM to correct the customers concern of a bump feel when shifting from drive to reverse. |
| 12-07-30-001C | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE. This informational bulletin provides a process to the service agents that are not required to contact PQC, to determine when to replace a assembly as opposed to repairing and if an engine or transmission is being returned, that it has all the information in relation to that part being returned. |
| 10-08-64-002C | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. This warranty bulletin explains how to determine if an outside mirrior was damaged by the customer and what is considered warranty and non-warranty. |
| 12-03-10-002A | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. WHEELS; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This informational bulletin provides the technician the proper way to install and torque the wheel. |
| 09-03-10-016B | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. WHEELS. This informational bulletin explains how to balance a chrome wheel without damaging the chrome face of the rim. |
| 12-03-10-001A | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; TIRES; WHEELS:RIM. This informational bulletin provides technicians with ways to decrease the tire slipping on the rim and reduce to possible chances of the customers concerns over tire vibration are repair. |
| 08-03-10-006E | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. WHEELS:RIM; TIRES. This technical bulletin provides a procedure on cleaning a leaking rim, to correct a customers concern of having a slow tire leak and low tire psi message on. |
| 05-03-10-020E | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. TIRES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This informational bulletin explains the use of Nitrogen in GM tires. |
| 07-03-10-008D | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. TIRES. This bulletin provides information regarding the normal tire wear condition of slight or mild tire feathering and recommended practices. |
| 13-00-89-004F | 2018-05-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This informational bulletin helps the technician quick reference repairs to bulletins as opposed to replacing parts that may be un necessary. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.