Service bulletins for the 2017 GMC Sierra
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.
2119 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| PIP5423 | 2017-05-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE A SERVICE ENGINE SOON MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON. TECHNICIAN MAY FIND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0106 AND P0506. TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT FOR A BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND REPLACE AS NEEDED. |
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| PIP5422A | 2017-05-19. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE SPEEDOMETER INACCURATE READS 5 MPH WHEN TRAVELING 50 MPH. ENGINEERING IS WORKING TO DEVELOP A SOLUTION. |
| PIP5211F | 2017-05-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN THE STEPS NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLES WITH A ROUGH IDLE AND/OR VIBRATION AT IDLE IN DRIVE. THIS CONDITION WILL NOT BE PRESENT IN PARK, OR NEUTRAL. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY GROUND OUT WITHIN THE ONE OR BOTH ENGINE MOUNTS. TECHNICIAN WILL USE CH-51450-A (PICO OSCILLOSCOPE) TO MEASURE THE VIBRATION DISTURBANCE. IF THE VIBRATION CONCERN IS E1.5 IN THE HORIZONTAL / LATERAL DIRECTION WITH PICO SENSOR MOUNTED IN SEAT TRACK AS INDICATED – CONTINUE WITH STEPS TO REDUCE THE AMPLITUDE OF THE VIBRATION BY ADDING SPACERS IN KEY LOCATIONS TO REDUCE GROUND OUT WITHIN THE ENGINE MOUNTS. THE 6.2L ENGINE HAS A CHARACTERISTIC E1 WHICH CAN BE FELT, AND MAY BE DESCRIBED AS A LOPEY IDLE. DO NOT CONFUSE 6.2L E1 CHARACTERISTIC (NOT CAUSED BY MOUNT GROUND-OUT), WITH E1.5 NORMAL IDLE CHARACTERISTICS BEING TRANSMITTED INTO THE TRUCK VIA GROUND-OUT THRU THE ENGINE MOUNTS. |
| PIC6221 | 2017-05-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLE THAT WILL HAVE NO XM AUDIO OR NO SIGNAL. DEALER SHOULD COMMUNICATE TO THE CUSTOMER THAT WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE AND THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THIS CONCERN. |
| PIC6220 | 2017-05-15. Service bulletin. BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES WITH AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF GRIDLINES IN THE REAR CAMERA DISPLAY SCREEN AND A "SERVICE REAR VISION SYSTEM" MESSAGE THAT BOTH HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. TECHNICIAN SHOULD CHECK FOR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES AND FOLLOW PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. IF NOT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES STORED AND THE CONCERN WAS DUPLICATED OR THE CUSTOMER DESCRIBED THE CONCERN, DEALER SHOULD COMMUNICATE TO THE CUSTOMER THAT WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE AND THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING THIS CONCERN. |
| PIC6216 | 2017-05-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES VOICE RECOGNITION INOPERATIVE FOR CALLING BLUETOOTH PHONE CONTACTS. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO CLEAR ALL PRIVATE DATA AND REPAIR ANY PHONES THAT WERE DELETED. |
| PIC6208B | 2017-05-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATES THAT WHEN CUSTOMER OR TECHNICIAN MAY INDICATE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ADD A NEW TRANSMITTER TO A VEHICLE FOLLOWING THE ADDING TRANSMITTERS WITHOUT SERVICE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WILL NOT COMPLETE AND A MESSAGE "REMOTE LEARN PENDING" WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. IN THE PAST TO PERFORM THE NEW TRANSMITTER PROCEDURE ONLY 1 PREVIOUSLY LEARNED TRANSMITTER WAS REQUIRED, THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE NOW 2 PREVIOUSLY LEARNED TRANSMITTERS ARE REQUIRED AND PLACED INTO THE CUP HOLDER. IF THIS NEW PROCEDURE IS NOT FOLLOWED, THE "ADDING TRANSMITTERS WITHOUT SERVICE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM" CANNOT BE PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN WILL BE FORCE TO ADD A TRANSMITTER USING SERVICE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM. |
| PIC5491J | 2017-04-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE AN ONSTAR SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT POWER UP. TECHNICIAN SHOULD TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND CANCEL RETAINED ACCESSORY POWER. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS POWERED DOWN REMOVE POWER TO THE ONSTAR MODULE FOR FIVE MINUTES. AFTER THE POWER HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR FIVE MINUTES, IF THE ONSTAR SYSTEM IS WORKING RELEASE THE VEHICLE. IF THE ONSTAR SYSTEM IS STILL INOPERATIVE CONTINUE WITH PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS. |
| 00-03-10-003U | 2017-02-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS WARRANTY ADMINISTRATION BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE TIRES SUPPLIED WITH A NEW VEHICLE ARE COVERED BY GENERAL MOTORS AGAINST DEFECTS IN MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP UNDER THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY. |
| 10-08-110-001E | 2017-01-19. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE PROPER USE OF FLOOR MATS. |
| 11-08-49-001R | 2017-01-19. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT. THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO REMOVE THE TRANSPORT MODE ON MESSAGE DISPLAYED IN THE DIC DUE TO VEHICLES SHIPPED OVER LONG DISTANCES OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND CANADA. |
| 00-03-10-006M | 2017-01-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; TIRES. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO GM DEALERS WHEN USING GM APPROVED TIRE FORCE VARIATION MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT. |
| PIC5374D | 2016-10-25. 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. |
| PIC5260A | 2016-10-25. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY; EQUIPMENT. 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. |
| PIC5088F | 2016-10-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THE CONCERN. THE VEHICLE'S XM RADIO ONLY HAS XM PREVEIW CHANNELS. |
| PIC4707E | 2016-10-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN TO DIAGNOSE THE CONCERN AND THE STEPS TO REPAIR THE CONCERN. THE VEHICLE'S XM TRAVEL LINK MAY BE INOPERTIVE. |
| PIT5517 | 2016-10-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATES NEW MODEL FEATURES OF THE 2016 AND 2017 SILVERADO AND SIERRA EASSIST. |
| PIT5445A | 2016-10-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN OF ADDITION INFORMATION WHEN DIAGNOSING A SERVICE DRIVER ASSIST MESSAGE WITH A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B172E AND OR A B172F. THE HAPTIC SEAT MOTOR HAS A PIGTAIL LEAD COMING OFF OF IT. IN MANY CASES THE WIRING PIGTAIL NEAR THE HAPTIC SEAT MOTOR HAS BROKEN AND WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. |
| PIT5411F | 2016-10-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE, RADIO OR TUNER, RADIO CONTROLS, INTEGRATED CENTER STACK, DISPLAY, AND MEDIA DISC PLAYERS ARE PLACED ON RESTRICTION THROUGH THE GENERAL MOTORS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER. DEALER WILL NEED TO CONTACT GENERAL MOTORS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. |
| PIT5403B | 2016-10-21. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN WITH THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR VEHICLES WITH VARIOUS HANDLING, VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONCERNS, NOISES FROM THE SUSPENSION OR UNDERBODY, OR ISSUES RELATED TO DAMAGED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. BEFORE ANY IN-DEPTH DIAGNOSTICS ARE PERFORMED, BE AWARE THAT VARIOUS ISSUES COULD OCCUR IF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND INFORM THE CUSTOMER THE CONDITIONS NOTED MAY NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT FOR INSTALLED AFTERMARKET SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. ALSO INSPECT FOR IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED TORSION BARS. |
| PIT5386B | 2016-10-21. Service bulletin. BACK OVER PREVENTION: BACK-UP ALARM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT ARE FOUND TO HAVE A BACK-UP ALARM INOPERATIVE DURING THE PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION. ON TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH THE BACK UP ALARM REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE (8S3), THE ALARM WILL BE INTENTIONALLY LEFT DISCONNECTED FROM THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. TECHNICIAN WILL REROUTE THE HARNESS AND PLUG IT IN. |
| PIT5359A | 2016-10-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE A RADIO BACKLIGHTING WILL STAY ON EVEN AFTER THE IGNITION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND THE KEY HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, EVENTUALLY THE BATTERY WILL DRAIN. TECHNICIAN MAY FIND FOLLOWING FUSES F23DL F22DL F30DL F31DL F32DL WITH THE IGNITION KEY IN THE OFF POSITION TO HAVE VOLTAGE. TECHNICIAN SHOULD NOT REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO INSTALL A DIODE, PART NUMBER 12112422, ACROSS THE COIL OF THE SOLENOID. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE STRIPED END OF THE DIODE BE CONNECTED TO THE POSITIVE TERMINAL OF THE COIL AND THE OTHER END OF THE DIODE BE CONNECTED TO GROUND. |
| PIT5308A | 2016-10-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLES THAT HAVE REMOTE START IS INOPERATIVE, POWER LIFT-GATE REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE (TB5) IS INOPERATIVE WITH THE IGNITION OFF, AND VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE DIESEL ENGINE, THE BLOWER MOTOR MAY STAY ON AFTER THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. TECHNICIAN MAY FIND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P2537 SET. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO USE A VOLTMETER AND CHECK CIRCUIT 5985 AT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. IF NO OR LOW VOLTAGE IS FOUND, USE THE WIRING DIAGRAM IN SERVICE INFORMATION AND PERFORM NORMAL CIRCUIT DIAGNOSIS. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO INSPECT FOR HIGH RESISTANCE OR OPEN IN CIRCUIT 5985 IS UNDER THE DRIVER’S SILL PLATE AND REPAIR AS NEEDED. |
| PIT5074J | 2016-10-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT THE USE OF J-35616-64B TERMINAL TEST PROBE, REPLACEMENT TERMINALS, AND TERMINATED LEADS. THE J-35616-64B IS THE LATEST TEST PROBE RELEASED FOR CHECKING TENSION OR PROBING THE .64 SERIES TERMINALS. THE TEST PROBE TERMINAL HAS BEEN RELEASED IN THE TERMINAL REPAIR KIT (J-38125-620H) LOCATED IN LEAR TRAY 7 PART NUMBER 963716-2. THERE ARE 5 TERMINATED LEADS IN A PACKAGE PART NUMBER IS 13505346, WHICH CAN BE ORDERED THROUGH YOUR NORMAL GENERAL MOTORS CUSTOMER CARE AND AFTERSALES PARTS CHANNEL |
| PIP5373A | 2016-10-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 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. |
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