Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
PIT-5338
GMC/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET: SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING, AFTER A COLD SOAK IN COLD TEMPERATURES, LOSS OF 12 VOLT BATTERY POWER, INDICATOR CHARGING SYSTEM LAMP ON, NO POWER STEERING ASSIST AND DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) DISPLAYING POWER STEERING MESSAGE. MODEL 2008-13 TAHOE, SILVERADO HYBRIDS, ESCALADE HYBRID, SIERRA, YUKON HYBRIDS. *PE
PI-1235
GENERAL MOTORS: DUE TO LOOSE GROUND TERMINAL CONNECTIONS, IN SOME VEHICLES AND TRUCKS EXPERIENCE, ACCESSORIES MALFUNCTIONS, DIC MESSAGES, IPC WARNING INDICATORS, SES LIGHT ON. *PE
SB-14-06-130-001
GENERAL MOTORS: INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROCEDURE OF DISABLING E-ASSIST, EXTENDED RANGE ELECTRIC VEHICLE, TWO-MODE HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, PRIOR TO SERVICING HIGH VOLTAGE COMPONENT OR CONNECTION. *PE
PI-1191
GM: IMMEDIATELY AFTER START AFTER A COLD SOAK IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, DISPLAYED MESSAGES SERVICE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE HYBRID SYSTEM. MAKE: CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC MODELS: HYBRIDS ESCALADE/TAHOE/SILVERADO/SIERRA/YUKON MODEL YEARS 2009-2013 *JS
PI-0018-B
GENERAL MOTORS: THE WINDOWS, FRONT AND REAR, WOULD BIND, POOR FIT, MISALIGNMENT, MAKES RATTLE OR SQUEAKING NOISES, MOVES SLOWLY AND IS INOPERATIVE. MODEL 2008-2014 VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. *PE
PIP-4686
CHEVROLET/CADILLAC/GMC: HYBRID DRIVEABILITY OR CUSTOMER CONCERNS OF FLARE, SLIP, STALL AT A STOP, SURGE, LACK OF POWER, POOR FUEL ECONOMY, REDUCED EV RANGE/LIMITED ELECTRIC PROPULSION, DTC P061B AFTER CAMPAIGN 09102B OR DTC P061B PRIOR TO CAMPAIGN. *PE UPDATED 3/14/11. *PE UPDATED 12/4/2013 *JS
PI-0488
GM: THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OR HAS NO FORWARD/REVERSE MOVEMENT. *RM UPDATED 4/16/12. *PE UPDATED 6/18/12. *PE UPDATED ON 7/09/2013. *KB
SB12-08-132-001A
GENERAL MOTORS: ON SOME TRUCKS AND PASSENGER VEHICLES, ACCESSORY POWER OUTLETS (APO) AND TRAILER LIGHTING ARE COMMON ACCESSED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY DEVICES THAT ARE PLUGGED IN AND BECOME INOPERATIVE DUE TO AN OPEN FUSE AND NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE IDENTIFIED. MODELS YEARS 2010-2014 TRUCKS AND PASSENGER. NO MODELS. *PE
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.