Service bulletins for the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse
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.
1108 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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By component
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| PIP5095F | 2018-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon and may also have an oil or coolant leak. Technician may find coolant or oil in a spark plug tube. If the Spark Plug Tube is leaking and it is determined that the oil or coolant is not coming from a leak above the spark plug then replace the cylinder Head, spark plug and coil. |
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| PIP3423P | 2018-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV). This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0016, P0017, P0018, P0019, P0008 or P0009 may be set. Technician will need to inspect for loose timing chains or tensioners. If after following Service Information diagnostics the root cause is not found inspect the reluctor for the crankshaft sensor. If the reluctor has moved then replace crankshaft. |
| PIP5163D | 2018-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block of possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by. Technician will need to inspect the engine for Cylinder damage or scoring, An out of round cylinder bore, Dirt intrusion, and Catalytic Converter failure. |
| PIP5568B | 2018-08-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary information communicates there is an investigation into cause and correction for this group of DTC's setting together. (P0011, P0014, P0021, P0024). |
| PIP5257B | 2018-08-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair vehicles that may have oil mixed in with the engine coolant. Technician will need to inspect the oil cooler if equipped for possible leaking into the cooling system through the radiator. If no issue found replace the engine as well as all rubber coolant hoses. |
| PIC6095C | 2018-08-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to tell the difference between the integrated center stack, the radio, the human machine interface, and the vehicle communication interface module. There are pictures of all the individual modules for identification purposes. |
| PIC5260B | 2018-08-20. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician the steps on diagnosing the concern. Customer's sunroof operation intermittent, bind, noise, auto-reverse, and/or water leaks. |
| 18186 | 2018-08-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. 18186 - Customer Satisfaction Program. Certain 2018 model year Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Impala and Chevrolet Traverse vehicles, equipped with a 3.6L engine (RPO LFX or LFY), may have a condition where the piston oil control ring may have been damaged during installation. If this happened, it could lead to excess oil consumption in the combustion chamber and result in an engine misfire, a check engine light, and low oil levels. If the vehicle continues to be driven with an insufficient oil level, the engine could be severely damaged and the vehicle could lose propulsion. Dealers are to inspect cylinders 2, 4, and 6. If, during inspection, the technician sees evidence of cylinder wall scoring, (gouges), or a broken oil control ring is found, dealers are to replace the engine. |
| PIP5568A | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary information communicates there is an investigation into cause and correction for this group of DTC's setting together. (P0011, P0014, P0021, P0024). |
| PIT5099C | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical Assistance Center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and vent temperature. |
| PIP5508B | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the Product Quality Center has ended the part restriction for the T87A Transmission Control Module. |
| PIC5953D | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have an issue when using Bluetooth voice recognition with an iPhone. Technician should work with the customer to insure the phone contacts to not have any Emojis loaded to any contact. |
| PIP5373B | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides the technician with steps on how to program an Engine Control Module when getting a Service Programming System error code E4491 or E4423. In some cases Techline Customer Support Center may need to be contacted to resolve the issue. |
| PIT5411M | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the Human Machine Interface, Radio or Tuner, radio controls, Integrated Center Stack, and displays are placed on restriction through the General Motors Technical Assistance Center. Dealer will need to contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. |
| PIC6333A | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This Preliminary information communicates that acustomer may complain of the Driver Information Center(DIC) intermittently flickering or going blank. It may be noted that this only seems to occur when playing songs via IHeart or Pandora. This may be caused by a software concern in the Instrument panel Cluster(IPC). The dealer is instructed that engineering is working on a resolution to this concern and when it is available a bulletin will be published to inform the dealer of the repair. The dealer is instructed to advise the customer that until a repair is available for this concern changing the station/source or waiting until the song ends should recover the screen. |
| PIT5399A | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about connectivity concerns when connecting an Apple device via USB cord. Technician should insure the customer is using an original equipment manufacturer Apple USB cable. |
| PIP5557B | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Preliminary information communicates the Control Valve Body spacer plate orifice #33 may be restricted as root cause for the may not go above 30 mph, may be stuck in 2nd gear, will not upshift, MIL is on, and/or DTC P2821 concern, to replace the plate as necessary. |
| PIC6333 | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Preliminary information communicates that acustomer may complain of the Driver Information Center(DIC) intermittently flickering or going blank. It may be noted that this only seems to occur when playing songs via IHeart or Pandora. This may be caused by a software concern in the Instrument panel Cluster(IPC). The dealer is instructed that engineering is working on a resolution to this concern and when it is available a bulletin will be published to inform the dealer of the repair. The dealer is instructed to advise the customer that until a repair is available for this concern changing the station/source or waiting until the song ends should recover the screen. |
| PIT5551C | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE. This Preliminary information communicatesa "Forward Collision System Reduced" message displayed on the DIC when the Forward Automatic Braking has been set to the "Alert" setting. This is normal when theFAB has been set to "Alert". |
| PIP5568 | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Preliminary information communicates there is an investigation into cause and correction for this group of DTC's setting together. (P0011, P0014, P0021, P0024). |
| 99-08-51-001D | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Thins informational bulletin provides information on Paint-less Dent Repair Process. |
| 17-NA-263 | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. SEATS. This informational bulletin provides information for customers and dealer personnel on dimples and/or crease visible on 2nd row seat back cover material when seat returned from fold flat position. |
| 17-NA-256 | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL. This informational bulletin explains where to locate the trailer brake controller blunt ends on the instrument panel wiring harness. |
| 17-NA-213 | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. This informational bulletin provides information for the service parts identification (SPID) label replacement. |
| 17-NA-176 | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This New Model Feature Informational Bulletin provides General Information, Training Courses Information, Special Tools Information and other Topics to help the Service and Sales Personnel become familiar with the features of the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.