Service bulletins for the 2016 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.
2286 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| PIT5533 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. WHEELS; STRUCTURE; SUSPENSION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a creak, click, pop, and or crack type noise from the front suspension or front frame area while making tight turns. Technician will need to loosen and then re-torque the four front frame cross member nuts and bolts. |
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| PIT5251B | 2017-05-23. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE AN EZ LIFT AND LOWER TAILGATE OPENS TOO QUICKLY. TECHNICIAN WILL ENSURE NOTHING WAS ADDED TO THE TAILGATE. IF THE TAILGATE OPENS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2-6 SECONDS, NO REPAIRS SHOULD BE MADE. TECHNICIAN SHOULD INSPECT THE RIGHT TAILGATE BUSHING IF THE TAILGATE OPENS TOO QUICKLY. |
| PIT4745C | 2017-05-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE RAISED DENTS OR RIPPLE APPEARANCE IN THE SIDE OUTER PANEL OF THE CARGO BOX AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE WHEEL HOUSE OPENING. TECHNICIAN SHOULD FIRST ACCESS THE REAR OF THE INNER WHEELHOUSE AREA THROUGH THE TAIL LAMP CAVITY AND THE FRONT OF THE WHEELHOUSE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND COAT THE INNER HEM OF THE WHEEL HOUSE TO SIDE OUTER PANEL WITH 3M RUST FIGHTER I. AFTER ALLOWING THE 3M RUST FIGHTER I TO DRY THEN APPLY SEVERAL COATS OF NOX RUST X-121B UNDERCOATING PART NUMBER 12346501. |
| PIT5498A | 2016-11-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATES TO THE DEALER THE STEPS TO REPAIR THE CONCERN WHEN THE CUSTOMER SEES WEAR MARKS ON THE TAILGATE. |
| PIE0363A | 2016-10-19. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS; EQUIPMENT. THIS ENGINEERING INFORMATION BULLETIN ANNOUNCES THE END FOR THE NEED OF INFORMATION ON REAR BUMPER STEP PAD MELTED OR WARPED. |
| 16-NA-189 | 2016-10-11. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES REPAIR INFORMATION ON CORRECTING A WATER LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE CABIN, CAUSED BY WATER OVERRUNNING THE POWER REAR SLIDER WINDOW CHANNEL. |
| TB16-02 | 2016-10-07. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. TECHNICAL BULLETIN EXPLAINING THAT 2016 GMC/CHEVROLET PICK-UP TRUCKS INCREAED THE HEIGHT OF THE BED AND PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING A FIFTH WHEEL OR GOOSENECK. |
| PIP-5395 | 2016-08-17. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THE CONCERN OF A RATTLE OR TICKING NOISE THAT IS LOUDER INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAN OUTSIDE. INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED TO INSPECT THE FUEL FEED LINE BETWEEN THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND CHASSIS FUEL LINE. |
| PIT-5498-A | 2016-08-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATES TO THE DEALER THE STEPS TO REPAIR THE CONCERN WHEN THE CUSTOMER SEES WEAR MARKS ON THE TAILGATE. |
| PIC-5260-A | 2016-08-11. 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. |
| PIE-0363 | 2016-08-10. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. THIS ENGINEERING INFORMATION BULLETIN IS REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THE DEALERS ON A CUSTOMER CONCERN THAT THE REAR BUMPER STEP PAD IS MELTED OR WARPED. |
| SB-13-08-66-001A | 2016-08-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LUBRICATING THE LEFT TAILGATE HINGE WHICH INCORPORATES AN ASSIST MECHANISM. |
| SB-12-08-51-002E | 2016-08-08. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES GENERNAL INFORMATION ON SPRAY-IN BED LINERS AND HOW TO REPAIR IT. |
| PI-0281-E | 2016-08-06. 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. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.