Service bulletins for the 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe
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.
1746 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 16NA249 | 2016-10-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN EXPLAINS A POSSIBLE NORMAL WHINING NOISE FROM THE BALANCE SHAFT CHAIN IF THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT. |
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| 16NA241 | 2016-10-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO CHECK THE CYLINDERS FOR DAMAGED PISTONS AND DETERMINE IF THE USE OF AFTERMARKET CALIBRATIONS OR PERFORMANCE PARTS MAY BE THE CAUSE. |
| 16NA119 | 2016-10-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. THIS WARRANTY ADMINISTRATION BULLETIN PROVIDE POLICY ON PERFORMING GM COVERED VEHICLE SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLES ORIGINATING/SOLD IN CANADA. |
| G-203256 | 2016-09-28. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 14262 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME HYBRID 2-MODE (HP2) VEHICLES, THE ACCESSORY POWER MODULE (APM) MAY NOT INITIALIZE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED IN COLD TEMPERATURES AND THE APM IS COLD. ONCE THE APM WARMS UP, IT WILL INITIALIZE AND PERFORM AS DESIGNED. HOWEVER, DURING THE TIME THAT THE APM IS NOT OPERATIONAL, IT COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND THE BATTERY MAY NOT CHARGE. IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING, SERVICE HYBRID SYSTEM, OR SERVICE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP AND RED BATTERY TELLTALE MAY ILLUMINATE, AND DTC U1821 AND U182A WILL BE PRESENT. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE APM. |
| PIP5094A | 2016-09-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT ,WHEN TESTING ANY CIRCUIT FOR OPEN OR RESISTANCE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL RELATED TERMINAL PIN FIT AND TENSION BE CHECKED WHEN THE TEST STEPS REQUIRE DISCONNECTION OF THE CONNECTOR OR COMPONENT, PRIOR TO ANY COMPONENT REPLACEMENT. ALWAYS USE THE RECOMMENDED TERMINAL TEST TOOL DURING THESE TESTS. |
| PIT4614B | 2016-09-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. "THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES STEPS THE TECHNICIAN WILL TAKE TO REPAIR A NO CRANK/NO START CONCERN WITH A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE OF B009F IN THE SERIAL DATA GATEWAY MODULE EQUIPPED WITH REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE HP2. THE VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A NO CRANK OR NO START, OR A SERVICE HYBRID MESSAGE WITH NO CODES. THE TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT THE HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUIT IMPACT DETECTION SENSOR FOR WATER INTRUSION OR CORROSION AT THE WEATHER PACK. INSPECT THE HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUIT IMPACT DETECTION SENSOR FOR CRACKS OR TERMINAL CORROSION AND REPLACE THE SENSOR OR TERMINALS ALONG WITH THE WEATHER PACK SEALS IF DAMAGE IS FOUND. IF THERE IS NO DAMAGE FOUND THE TECHNICIAN WILL LEAVE THE SENSOR UNPLUGGED AND POWER UP THE VEHICLE TO INDUCE A CODE, THEN POWER DOWN THE VEHICLE WITH THE TECH 2 UNPLUGGED FROM THE VEHICLE FOR TWO MINUTES. CLEAR THE CODE AND RECHECK FOR THE MESSAGE AND CODES, IF THE CODE RESETS THE TECHNICIAN WILL REPLACE THE HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUIT IMPACT DETECTION SENSOR AND TERMINALS WITH TERMINATED LEADS. TECHNICIAN IS TO REPEAT THE ABOVE STEPS TO VERIFY THE CONCERN IS CORRECTED. " |
| PIT4539U | 2016-09-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE DRIVE MOTOR GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE PART RESTRICTION HAS END. |
| G-209669 | 2016-09-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE. 14390 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME 2012-2014 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET TAHOE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH RPO PPV OR 5W4, UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS, SOME POLICE PACKAGE VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED INFREQUENT ENGINE-IDLE PROBLEMS AND MOMENTARY POOR LOW-SPEED ENGINE PERFORMANCE. THESE PERFORMANCE ISSUES CAN BE TRIGGERED IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED: (I) THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES THAT EITHER EXCEED 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IN A LOW-HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT OR THAT EXCEED 85 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IN A HIGH-HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT; AND (II) THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED AT IDLE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AT IDLE AFTER HEAVY POWERTRAIN USAGE, OR WITH A HEAVY ELECTRICAL LOAD. THE CONDITION CAUSES ENGINE-IDLE RPM FLUCTUATIONS (450-1000 RPM) AND HESITATION DURING ACCELERATION. WHILE GM HAS RECEIVED SOME FIELD REPORTS OF ENGINE STALLS AT IDLE, GM HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THESE REPORTS. GM HAS ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE A SIMILAR STALL BY OPERATING A TEST VEHICLE AT A TEMPERATURE THAT IS AT THE LIMIT OF THE FUEL’S HIGH-TEMPERATURE SPECIFICATION. IF SUCH A STALL DID OCCUR, THE STALL WOULD BE AT IDLE OR LOW SPEED, AND ALL ELECTRICAL AND SAFETY SYSTEMS WOULD CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. IF THE CONDITION OCCURS WITHIN THE SPECIAL COVERAGE TERMS, DEALERS ARE TO UPDATE THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) AND BODY CONTROL MODULE CALIBRATIONS. |
| PIP-3140-G | 2016-08-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT A NOISE OR A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE THAT SEEMS TO BE ABNORMAL MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. TECHNICIAN SHOULD LOOK FOR NON - GENERAL MOTORS AFTERMARKET ACCESSORIES INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE THAT CAN CAUSE THESE ISSUES. |
| PIT-4383-P | 2016-08-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE FOR THE 2-MODE HYBRID UTILITIES AND TRUCKS ARE BEING PLACED ON PARTS ORDERING RESTRICTION THROUGH THE GM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (TAC). |
| PIC-5374-D | 2016-08-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THE CONCERN OF RECEIVING FREQUENT "OFF ROUTE" MESSAGES WHILE FOLLOWING TURN BY TURN (TBT) ROUTE NAVIGATION. THE TECHNICIAN IS PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESETTING THE VEHICLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE MODULE FOR THIS CONCERN. |
| PIC-4935-E | 2016-08-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO HELP THE DEALERSHIP TECHNICIANS PERFORM A PARASITIC DRAIN TEST FOR THE ONSTAR MODULE. WHEN PERFORMING BATTERY PARASITIC DRAIN TEST, THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHAT THE NORMAL POWER CONSUMPTION READING SHOULD BE FROM THE ONSTAR SYSTEM. |
| PIT-4539-T | 2016-08-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE DRIVE MOTOR GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE PART RESTRICTION. DEALER WILL NEED TO CALL GM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. |
| 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. |
| PIT-5338-A | 2016-08-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE PART RESTRICTION FOR THE ACCESSORY DC POWER CONTROL MODULE AND THE SEAL KIT HAS ENDED. |
| SB-02-07-30-029Z | 2016-08-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PRODUCT QUALITY CENTER (PQC) ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT PROCESS. |
| SB-16NA-131 | 2016-08-10. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON VEHICLES DESIGNED TO OPERATE ON GASEOUS FUELS. |
| SB-16-NA-130 | 2016-08-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO INSPECT THE UPPER VALVE BODY TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT RPO USAGE TO CORRECT A CONCERN THAT AFTER INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT UPPER VALVE BODY, THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE NO REVERSE AND NO 2ND GEAR DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE INCORRECT UPPER VALVE BODY. |
| PI-1343-C | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO RESET THE TRANSMISSION ADAPTS AND TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT A CUSTOMER CONCERN ON A HARSH (DETENT) 6-4 DOWNSHIFT. |
| SB-10-08-46-001C | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. "THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO CONTACT ONSTAR FOR HARD MUTE REQUEST TO CORRECT A CUSTOMER CONCERN WHEN THE RADIO IS ON, IT DOES NOT MUTE ENOUGH WHEN THE ONSTAR® TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION DIRECTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED DUE TO CUSTOMER IMPROPERLY SETTING THE RADIO VOLUME HIGH ENOUGH WHEN THE TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION MESSAGES ARE PLAYED. " |
| SB-15-06-03-001B | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT MAY BE USEFUL ON DIAGNOSING BATTERIES THAT HAVE SET FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND/OR SET IN COLD WEATHER CLIMATES AND TESTING THOSE BATTERIES. |
| SB-03-06-03-004Q | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. THIS WARRANTY ADMINISTRATION BULLETIN PROVIDE POLICY INFORMATION ON USING THE EL-50313 MIDTRONICS GR8 BATTERY TESTER/CHARGER FOR DIAGNOSING BATTERY REPLACEMENTS AND MAINTAINING BATTERIES ON NEW VEHICLES IN DEALER INVENTORY. |
| SB-06-08-47-001L | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES WARRANTY INFORMATION ON USING THE SERVICE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (SPS) FOR PROGRAMMING CONTROL MODULES |
| SB-07-06-01-016C | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION INTERNAL ENGINE NOISE OR DAMAGE AFTER OIL FILTER REPLACEMENT |
| SB-16-NA-119 | 2016-08-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. THIS WARRANTY ADMINISTRATION BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON GM’S POLICY ON PERFORMING GM COVERED VEHICLE SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLES ORIGINATING/SOLD IN CANADA. |
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