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Chevrolet Silverado 2016–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIP5504B · NHTSA communication 10167426 · issued Oct 3, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2019
model years
20
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information and definitions to the technician about vehicles that have fishbite, chuggle, misfire, AFM disturbances or torque converter shudder/vibration concerns. Technician are advised to use PICO software to determine root cause of the concern. If torque converter shudder is confirmed technicians are referred to Torque Converter Diagnosis in SI.

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.