Chevrolet Colorado 2010–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16NA380 · NHTSA communication 10165080 · issued Aug 26, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2010–2020
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This informational bulletin provides a procedure on how to perform a quick test to check if the DPF is the cause of excessive soot from the tailpipe.
Vehicles covered
- 2011 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2012 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2014 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2015 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2016 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2017 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2018 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2019 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2020 Chevrolet Colorado
- 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2012 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2013 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2014 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2015 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2016 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2017 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2018 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2019 Chevrolet Cruze
- 2018 Chevrolet Equinox
- 2019 Chevrolet Equinox
- 2020 Chevrolet Equinox
- 2010 Chevrolet Express
- 2011 Chevrolet Express
- 2012 Chevrolet Express
- 2013 Chevrolet Express
- 2014 Chevrolet Express
- 2015 Chevrolet Express
- 2016 Chevrolet Express
- 2017 Chevrolet Express
- 2018 Chevrolet Express
- 2019 Chevrolet Express
- 2020 Chevrolet Express
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
- 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 4500
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 4500
- 2011 GMC Canyon
- 2012 GMC Canyon
- 2015 GMC Canyon
- 2016 GMC Canyon
- 2017 GMC Canyon
- 2018 GMC Canyon
- 2019 GMC Canyon
- 2020 GMC Canyon
- 2010 GMC Savana
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.