{"nhtsa_id":10114834,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-15","date":"2016-11-16","document_id":"PIT5501D","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on the steps to diagnosis and repair steering that feels loose or has excessive play. This concern could be caused by the Pitman Shaft Over-Center Preload Adjustment becoming misadjusted. Technician will need to replace the steering gear pitman arm shaft with an updated design.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10114834-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10114834-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10114834","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-gear","name":"Steering gear","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SILVERADO 2500","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2016_chevrolet_silverado"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SIERRA 2500","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2016_gmc_sierra"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SIERRA DENALI","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}