Service bulletins for the 2013 GMC Savana
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.
1852 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| PIP4828C | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ENGINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a rough idle and/or momentary lack of power after cold starting the engine and immediately placing the transmission in gear. Technician should follow published Service Information diagnostics first. Dealer should communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle. |
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| PIC5492E | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D-37 history in the Vehicle Communication Interface Module or telematics communication interface control module. Engineering has determined that this code will only display in history on the scan tool and will not cause issues with OnStar system operation. |
| PIP4912E | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on vehicles that may have an intermittent high idle. If a technician has duplicated, or the customer description aligns with the speeds mentioned in the idle speed description tables, the idle speed should be considered a normal characteristic of current vehicle design. |
| 03-03-10-007J | 2017-07-19. Service bulletin. TIRES. This informational bulletin provides information on the temporary tire flat spotting condition. |
| 16-NA-222 | 2017-05-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES THE TECHNICIAN WITH WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO AN ENGINE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. |
| PIT5315B | 2017-05-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT THE RETAINED ACCESSORY POWER ON VEHICLES WITH RADIO PROVISIONS ONLY REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE (UXZ). IF THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH RADIO PROVISIONS BUT WAS NOT BUILT WITH A RADIO, THE RETAINED ACCESSORY POWER FEATURE WILL NOT BE PRESENT. |
| PIT5206E | 2017-05-22. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES; PARKING BRAKE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN WITH THE STEPS ON DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE UNWANTED GRADE BRAKING, REDUCED ENGINE POWER WITH NO DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER MESSAGES “ BRAKE PEDAL OVERRIDE FEATURE “, TRANSMISSION BUSY OR FREQUENT SHIFTING UP OR DOWN, AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P057B, P057C, AND/OR P057D MAY OR MAY NOT BE SET. TECHNICIAN WILL USE THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION TO FIND THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION DATA PARAMETERS IN THE SCAN TOOL, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC HELP. THESE ISSUES MAY BE CAUSED BY AN INCORRECT BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR INPUT TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. TECHNICIAN WILL VERIFY WITH THE SCAN TOOL IF THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE HAS THE CORRECT PARAMETERS FOR THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. IF AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR RELEARN IS PERFORMED, THE TRUCK MAY BE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED UNTIL THE INTERMITTENT WIRING ISSUE BETWEEN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR OCCURS AGAIN. ON 2014 AND NEWER TRUCKS INSPECT AND REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO X115 AND X119. ON THE 2014 AND PREVIOUS TRUCKS INSPECT AND REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO X205. |
| PIT5125B | 2017-05-22. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES PROPER OPERATION OF THE STOP AND/OR TURN SIGNALS. FOR VEHICLES WITHOUT REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE V4D CIRCUIT 618 IS FOR THE LEFT STOP AND TURN SIGNAL AND CIRCUIT 619 DARK GREEN IS FOR THE RIGHT STOP AND TURN SIGNAL. FOR VEHICLES WITH REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE V4D CIRCUIT 618 YELLOW IS FOR THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ONLY. CIRCUIT 619 DARK GREEN IS FOR THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ONLY AND CIRCUIT 1320 LIGHT BLUE IS FOR THE STOP LAMPS ONLY. |
| PIP5282A | 2017-05-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT THE CALCULATION AND OPERATION OF THE ENGINE OIL LIFE MONITOR. THE MONITOR CALCULATES THE PERCENT OF OIL LIFE REMAINING, BASED ON 3 PATHWAYS. THE FIRST PATHWAY FOR OIL LIFE CALCULATION IS ENGINE REVOLUTIONS. THE SECOND PATHWAY FOR OIL LIFE CALCULATION IS THE MILEAGE FORM THE LAST REST FOR ALL GENERAL MOTORS POWERTRAINS EXCEPT THE VOLT. THE THIRD PATHWAY FOR OIL LIFE CALCULATION IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE OIL IS IN THE ENGINE. THE VOLT USES A 2 YEAR TIMER INSTEAD OF 1 YEAR. IT ALSO USES THE ENGINE REVOLUTION COUNTER. IT DOES NOT USE THE MILEAGE PATHWAY TO COUNT DOWN. |
| PIP5088D | 2017-05-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE 6.6L DURAMAX, REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE LML/LGH, ENGINE PART NUMBER 12638505 PARTS RESTRICTION HAS ENDED. DEALER CAN ORDER PARTS THROUGH THE REGULAR CUSTOMER CARE AND AFTERSALES PARTS PROCESS. |
| PIP5029G | 2017-05-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON OR ENGINE MISFIRE, ROUGH IDLE, EXTENDED CRANK, OR CRANK NO START IN SOME CASES. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO PERFORM PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS. IF TECHNICIAN FINDS CARBON, AN UPPER ENGINE AND VALVE CLEANING SHOULD BE PERFORMED. |
| PIP-5258 | 2017-04-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE SERVICE ENGINE SOON AND A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0011. IF THE TECHNICIAN HAS FOLLOWED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE FOR P0011AND THE ROOT CAUSE WAS NOT FOUND THE OIL PRESSURE AT THE OIL PRESSURE SENDER SHOULD BE CHECKED. ALSO THE NUMBER 2 CAM BEARING SHOULD BE INSPECTED. |
| PIT5495 | 2017-03-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS; PARKING BRAKE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON HOW TO DISABLE THE REAR PARK ASSIST. IF THE REAR BUMPER WAS REPLACED OR REMOVED TO DISABLE THE REAR PARK ASSIST, REMOVING THE OBS DET FUSE 33 (10 AMP) FROM THE UNDERHOOD FUSE BLOCK WILL WORK. |
| PIP5370 | 2017-03-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN THAT SOME VEHICLE MAY HAVE AN “EXHAUST FLUID QUALITY POOR” ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER OR A DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID WARNING LAMP ON OR OTHER EXHAUST FLUID QUALITY RELATED CONCERNS. TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT THE DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID FOR CONTAMINATION. TECHNICIAN SHOULD USE SERVICE INFORMATION FOR CONTAMINANTS IN DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID DIAGNOSIS AND USE SPECIAL TOOL J26568 OR EN50422 DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID REFRACTOMETER FOR FLUID TESTING. |
| PIP5226A | 2017-03-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT FINDING NEEDLE BEARINGS DURING AN OIL CHANGE. TECHNICIAN WILL GAIN ACCESS TO THE ROLLER ROCKERS TO INSPECT THEM. ONLY REPLACE THE ROLLER ROCKER THAT IS MISSING NEEDLE BEARINGS. BE SURE TO CLEAN THE OIL DRAINS TO RETRIEVE THE NEEDLE BEARINGS. EACH ROLLER ROCKER HAS 66 BEARINGS. |
| PIP5104B | 2017-03-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE A COLD ENGINE TICK NOISE FOR 50 SECONDS AT START UP. TECHNICIAN DETERMINES IF THE TICK NOISE IS POSSIBLY COMING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, AS THIS NOISE COULD EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR AN ENGINE TICK NOISE. IF YOUR SI DIAGNOSIS DOES NOT ISOLATE THE CAUSE OF THIS CONCERN, THIS CONCERN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A VEHICLE DESIGN CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ECM CALIBRATION AND NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS SHOULD BE PERFORMED. |
| PIP4912D | 2017-03-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE AN INTERMITTENT HIGH IDLE. IF A TECHNICIAN HAS DUPLICATED, OR THE CUSTOMER DESCRIPTION ALIGNS WITH THE SPEEDS MENTIONED IN THE IDLE SPEED DESCRIPTION TABLES, THE IDLE SPEED SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF CURRENT VEHICLE DESIGN. |
| PIP5204E | 2017-03-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THE DIESEL OXIDATION CONVERTER PART RESTRICTION HAS ENDED. DEALER CAN NOW ORDER THE PARTS THROUGH THE REGULAR CUSTOMER CARE AND AFTERSALES PARTS PROCESS. |
| PIC3278F | 2017-03-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN THE STEPS NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE UNWANTED OR PHANTOM PHONE CALLS. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF CALL THE CUSTOMER IS HAVING THAT IS UNWANTED. THE VEHICLE MAY RECEIVE AN INCOMING CALL JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PHONE. TYPICALLY THE CUSTOMER WILL HEAR THE PHONE RINGING IN THE VEHICLE. THIS SCENARIO ALSO INCLUDES INCOMING BLUETOOTH CALLS. ONE TYPE OF UNWANTED CALL CAN BE MADE IF THE KEY PAD IS FAULTY THE ONSTAR SYSTEM WILL TRY TO MAKE A BLUE BUTTON CALL FOR SHORTED VOLTAGE IN THE CIRCUITS. THE ONSTAR MODULE COULD HAVE AN INTERNAL FAULT AND PRODUCE A PHONE UNAVAILABLE AUDIO MESSAGE ALSO IT MAY HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE U1500 OR B1000. REFER TO DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE MAKING SURE TO FOLLOW ANY APPLICABLE BULLETINS OR PRELIMINARY INFORMATION SHEETS. A GREADYH OR GONSTAR READYH AUDIO MESSAGE HEARD WHILE DRIVING. IN SOME CASES IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT THE CUSTOMER IS INADVERTENTLY PRESSING THE PUSH TO TALK BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS. ON RARE OCCASIONS, OTHER ISSUES IN THE STEERING COLUMN OR STEERING WHEEL CONTROL SYSTEM MAY INDUCE THIS CONCERN. |
| PI0652A | 2017-03-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY BULLETIN PROVIDES A INFORMATION ON HOW TO REMOVE THE SEIZED TEMPERATURE SENSORS FROM THE DPF. |
| PI0690B | 2017-03-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. THIS PRELIMINARY BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION TO INSPECT THE BATTERY FOR PROPER GROUNDING TO THE FRAME AND ENGINE IF THE CUSTOMER BRINGS THE VEHICLE IN FOR ERRATIC SHIFTING AND MIL ON. |
| G-197828 | 2017-03-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 14151 - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION (MESSAGE ONLY, VIN LIST WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE). THIS MESSAGE IS TO ALERT DEALERS THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS BECOME AWARE THAT SOME CUSTOMERS MAY BE OVERFILLING THEIR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) TANKS IN COLD WEATHER BY ADDING CNG BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED FILL PRESSURE. IF CNG TANKS ARE FILLED TO A HIGHER PRESSURE THAN RECOMMENDED AT A GIVEN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, THEN MOVED TO A MUCH HIGHER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT, EXPANSION OF THE GAS CAUSED BY THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE MAY CAUSE PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES ON THE VEHICLE CNG TANK(S) TO RELEASE GAS, AS DESIGNED. IF AN IGNITION SOURCE WERE PRESENT, THIS COULD CREATE A RISK OF FIRE OR EXPLOSION. AN ADVISORY LETTER WAS MAILED TO ALL INVOLVED CUSTOMERS ALONG WITH AND OWNER MANUAL CNG SUPPLEMENT AND TWO LABELS WITH INSTRUCTIONS. |
| G-197735 | 2017-03-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 14151 - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION (MESSAGE ONLY WITH LETTER). THIS MESSAGE IS TO ALERT DEALERS THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS BECOME AWARE THAT SOME CUSTOMERS MAY BE OVERFILLING THEIR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) TANKS IN COLD WEATHER BY ADDING CNG BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED FILL PRESSURE. IF CNG TANKS ARE FILLED TO A HIGHER PRESSURE THAN RECOMMENDED AT A GIVEN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, THEN MOVED TO A MUCH HIGHER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT, EXPANSION OF THE GAS CAUSED BY THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE MAY CAUSE PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES ON THE VEHICLE CNG TANK(S) TO RELEASE GAS, AS DESIGNED. IF AN IGNITION SOURCE WERE PRESENT, THIS COULD CREATE A RISK OF FIRE OR EXPLOSION. AN ADVISORY LETTER WAS MAILED TO ALL INVOLVED CUSTOMERS ALONG WITH AND OWNER MANUAL CNG SUPPLEMENT AND TWO LABELS WITH INSTRUCTIONS. |
| G-191830 | 2017-02-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL; ENGINE. 14096A - EMISSIONS RECALL (REVISED SERVICE PROCEDURE). GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED TO CONDUCT A VOLUNTARY EMISSION RECALL INVOLVING CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A GASOLINE ENGINE. THE OXYGEN (O2) SENSOR MAY FRACTURE IF CONDENSATION FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ENTERS THE O2 SENSOR AND CAUSES A SUDDEN TEMPERATURE CHANGE. IF THIS OCCURS, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP WILL ILLUMINATE. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE BANK 1, SENSOR 2 AND BANK 2, SENSOR 2 O2 SENSORS AND REPROGRAM THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. |
| G-191522 | 2017-02-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE. 14096 - EMISSIONS RECALL. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED TO CONDUCT A VOLUNTARY EMISSION RECALL INVOLVING CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A GASOLINE ENGINE. THE OXYGEN (O2) SENSOR MAY FRACTURE IF CONDENSATION FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ENTERS THE O2 SENSOR AND CAUSES A SUDDEN TEMPERATURE CHANGE. IF THIS OCCURS, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP WILL ILLUMINATE. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE BOTH BANK 2 O2 SENSORS AND REPROGRAM THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. |
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