Cadillac Elr 2011–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PIP5081K · NHTSA communication 10129859 · issued Feb 5, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2011–2015
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have whistle, scrape or whine type noise while driving that may be more noticeable during regenerative braking. Technician may find this noise emanating from the left side of the drive unit. The tech may also state that the vehicle has a current or history diagnostic trouble code P0A46. The noise may be caused by the drive motor rotor bearing cage separated. Technician should replace the bearing with the new updated part number.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.