{"nhtsa_id":10096038,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-21","date":"2016-02-17","document_id":"PIP5245A","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON HOW TO DIAGNOSE VEHICLES WITH VARIOUS NOISES ASSOCIATED WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE OPERATION. BEFORE BEGINNING ANY DIAGNOSIS IT IS IMPERATIVE TO REVIEW THE SYMPTOMS - TRANSFER CASE IN SERVICE INFORMATION AND PERFORM THE NECESSARY INSPECTIONS. IN ALL CASES THE COMPLAINT VEHICLE SHOULD BE COMPARED TO ANOTHER LIKE VEHICLE BEFORE BEGINNING ANY REPAIRS.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10096038","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"transfer-case","name":"Transfer case","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SILVERADO 1500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_chevrolet_silverado","2016_chevrolet_silverado"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SIERRA 1500","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_gmc_sierra","2016_gmc_sierra"]}],"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":[]}