{"nhtsa_id":10090006,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-31","date":"2015-05-29","document_id":"15216","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"15216 - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM. CERTAIN 2015 MODEL YEAR CADILLAC ESCALADE AND ESCALADE ESV; CHEVROLET SILVERADO LD CREW AND DOUBLE CAB; AND GMC SIERRA LD CREW, SIERRA LD CREW DOUBLE CAB, YUKON, AND YUKON XL MODEL VEHICLES THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH A 6.2L ENGINE (RPO L86) AND 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (RPO M5U) MAY HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE U-JOINT RETAINER BOLTS LOSE INDEX. IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS, THE CUSTOMER MAY HEAR OR FEEL A “CLUNKING” NOISE WHEN CHANGING SPEED. IF THIS CONDITION IS NOT CORRECTED, REDUCED CLAMP LOAD MAY CAUSE THE PROPSHAFT TO MOVE RELATIVE TO THE AXLE YOKE AND THE CUSTOMER MAY FEEL A VIBRATION. IF ONE OR MORE BOLTS BACK OUT COMPLETELY, THE PROPSHAFT MAY SEPARATE FROM THE AXLE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF DRIVE AND POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE TWO U-JOINT RETAINERS AND FOUR U-JOINT RETAINER BOLTS WITH NEW BOLTS THAT INCLUDE AN ADHESIVE PATCH.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10090006","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CADILLAC","model":"ESCALADE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_cadillac_escalade"]},{"make":"CADILLAC","model":"ESCALADE ESV","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_cadillac_escalade"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SILVERADO 1500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_chevrolet_silverado"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SILVERADO 2500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_chevrolet_silverado"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SILVERADO 3500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_chevrolet_silverado"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SIERRA 1500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_gmc_sierra"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SIERRA 2500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_gmc_sierra"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SIERRA 3500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_gmc_sierra"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"YUKON","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_gmc_yukon"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"YUKON XL","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_gmc_yukon-xl"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}