2015 Cadillac Escalade ESV Technical Service Bulletins

2,067 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2015 Cadillac Escalade ESV. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10095361Jan 30, 2015Equipment. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician on how the radio display gets the air ambient temperature. On 1500 series trucks and all sport utility vehicle with regular production option code io3 radio the ambient air temperature sensor is hard wired to the engine control module and then the signal goes on high speed local area network to the body control module from there on…
• 10114370Jan 29, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the E92 ECM Restriction Part Number 12662034 will be placed on restriction through the General Motors Product Quality Center. Dealer will need to contact General Motors Product Quality Center for further assistance.
• 10114369Jan 29, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that some vehicles may have a high pitched whine noise from the vehicle noticed when driving in auto 4wd. When the transfer case control module has to move the transfer case actuator motor the higher current passing through the module causes an "electronic buzz or whine" within some of the capacitors in the module that can be heard by…
• 10095309Jan 29, 2015Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician that some vehicles may have a high pitched whine noise from the vehicle noticed when driving in auto 4wd. When the transfer case control module has to move the transfer case actuator motor the higher current passing through the module causes an "electronic buzz or whine" within some of the capacitors in the module that can be heard by…
• 10095181Jan 29, 2015Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician that the e92 ecm restriction part number 12662034 will be placed on restriction through the general motors product quality center. Dealer will need to contact general motors product quality center for further assistance.
• 10139441Jan 27, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin provides information on transmission adaptive functions when correcting a customer concern that shift feels to be too firm (harsh) or may slip or flare.
• 10139438Jan 26, 2015Equipment. This informational bulletin provides information to correct a dealer concern of what they perceive to be paint staining when the protective shipping film is removed from certain vehicles.
• 10139437Jan 23, 2015Electrical system. This informational bulletin updates information on electrical ground repairs using new replacement fasteners with conductive finish.
• 10139436Jan 23, 2015Equipment. This informational bulletin adds 2014 - 2015 model years to information regarding comeback prevention and using Customer Concern Verification Sheets (CCVS).
• 10139433Jan 23, 2015Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides information on control module diagnostics and configuration, programming using the TIS Service Programming System (SPS), set-up and warranty.
• 10095345Jan 23, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. This preliminary information communication advises the technician that the drive motor generator control module and accessory power module are being placed on restriction through the general motors technical assistance center. Dealer will need to contact general motors technical assistance center for further assistance.
• 10139430Jan 22, 2015Wheels. This informational bulletin provides information on chemical staining, pitting, corrosion and/or spotted appearance of chromed aluminum wheels, along with warranty information regarding these conditions.
• 10139422Jan 16, 2015Engine cooling. This preliminary informational bulletin provides technicians an engine repair tip for installation of pistons.
• 10114353Jan 15, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician the LCT1000 6 Speed Allison automatic transmission is on restriction through General Motors Product Quality Center. Dealer will need to call General Motors Product Quality Center for further assistance.
• 10114352Jan 15, 2015Tires, Wheels. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. General Motors will only support a tire calibration for tires that have been sized, tested and designed for the vehicle in question and its applications. Technician should not use the information that is provided by the antilock braking system tire size selection.
• 10114349Jan 15, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the wireless charging module has been placed on restriction through the General Motors Technical Assistance Center. Dealer will need to call General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. Customer may state that the phone does not charge, charges slow, moves out of charging spot, or charges intermittently…
• 10095178Jan 15, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. This preliminary information communication advises the technician the lct1000 6 speed allison automatic transmission is on restriction through general motors product quality center. Dealer will need to call general motors product quality center for further assistance.
• 10094964Jan 15, 2015Electrical system. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about the wireless charging module has been placed on restriction through the general motors technical assistance center. Dealer will need to call general motors technical assistance center for further assistance. Customer may state that the phone does not charge, charges slow, moves out of charging spot, or charges intermittently…
• 10139415Jan 14, 2015Electrical system. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on ACDelco® replacement battery warranty procedures.
• 10139414Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This warranty administration bulletin adds 2012 - 2015 model years to information communicating a change in the product field action customer reimbursement procedure (U.S. Dealers Only).
• 10114345Jan 14, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how the radio display gets the air ambient temperature. On 1500 series trucks and all sport utility vehicle with regular production option code IO3 radio the ambient air temperature sensor is hard wired to the engine control module and then the signal goes on high speed local area network to the body control module from there on…
• 10114343Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician the steps needed to diagnose and repair the vehicles that may have unwanted or phantom phone calls. Technician will need to determine what type of call the customer is having that is unwanted. The vehicle may receive an incoming call just like any other phone. Typically the customer will hear the phone ringing in the vehicle. This…
• 10114342Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that may have an OnStar system that has progression tones when pressing the blue or red button. Technician will need to call General Motors Technical Assistance Center with the scan tool data from the OnStar system.
• 10095359Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician on how the radio display gets the air ambient temperature. On 1500 series trucks and all sport utility vehicle with regular production option code io3 radio the ambient air temperature sensor is hard wired to the engine control module and then the signal goes on high speed local area network to the body control module from there on…
• 10094899Jan 14, 2015Electrical system. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that may have an onstar system that has progression tones when pressing the blue or red button. Technician will need to call general motors technical assistance center with the scan tool data from the onstar system.
• 10094888Jan 14, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician the steps needed to diagnose and repair the vehicles that may have unwanted or phantom phone calls. Technician will need to determine what type of call the customer is having that is unwanted. The vehicle may receive an incoming call just like any other phone. Typically the customer will hear the phone ringing in the vehicle. This…
• 10139412Jan 12, 2015Engine cooling. This informational bulletin supplies infomation for identifying non-GM (Aftermarket) engine calibrations for gasoline engines using Tech 2® or GDS 2 (U.S. and Canada).
• 10139411Jan 12, 2015Equipment. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information that accessory remote start does not work with OnStar RemoteLink? phone application.
• 10139410Jan 12, 2015Equipment. This preliminary informational bulletin provides inspection and repair information that may be helpful to correct customer concerns of XM/Cellular Mobile Phone/OnStar® antenna looseness or damage, XM/Cellular/OnStar® reception performance degraded, rattle/flutter/squeak noise, wind noise/whistle at highway speeds, and/or a water leak on headliner at sunvisor.
• 10139408Jan 9, 2015Equipment. This preliminary informational bulletin provides repair information to correct customer concerns about blank display, NAV screen audio content is unavailable via speech recognition, display screen is stuck on incoming call view after phone call finished, rear view camera display blank, USB issues, Bluetooth/Favorite Bar/Voice, iPod unable to detect via USB, recognition concerns, XM speech recognition inoperative…
• 10139207Jan 9, 2015Equipment, Back-over prevention (rear camera). This preliminary informational bulletin provides repair information to correct customer concerns about blank screen after startup and reverse, rear view camera message on, touch screen inoperable, Bluetooth and navigation concerns.
• 10114337Jan 9, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician before replacing the crankshaft to review the following. Dealer should complete the Service Information diagnostics and the Cost Comparison Worksheet for Assembly Repair vs Replacement. Technician will use the latest version of 09-06-04-026G to verify the ECM calibration is not an Aftermarket calibration. If the customer prefers to KEEP the original…
• 10095185Jan 9, 2015Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician before replacing the crankshaft to review the following. Dealer should complete the service information diagnostics and the cost comparison worksheet for assembly repair vs replacement. Technician will use the latest version of 09-06-04-026g to verify the ecm calibration is not an aftermarket calibration. If the customer prefers to keep the original…
• 10079305Jan 9, 2015Body and structure. 14300a - service update (revised part, service, and warranty information). On vehicles equipped with a power liftgate (tb5/tc2), the power liftgate may have been built with liftgate struts that can lock up and cease to move. If the liftgate strut locks up, the customer may not be able to open or close the liftgate either electronically or manually. Dealers are to replace the liftgate actuator assembly.
• 10139200Jan 6, 2015Engine, Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides information that may be useful in diagnosing/testing batteries that have set for a long period of time and/or set in cold weather climates to correct a customer concern of symptoms that include, but not limited to, a slow or no crank condition that may be caused by a discharged battery.
• 10139199Jan 6, 2015Suspension. This informational bulletin provides a vibration analysis worksheet the technician can use in conjunction with the appropriate Vibration Analysis-Road testing procedure, when diagnosing vibration concerns.
• 10139198Jan 6, 2015Tires. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information that the tire pressure monitor (TPM) sensors must always be re-learned when accessory wheels are installed on the vehicle.
• 10090188Dec 23, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. 14876 - service update. On certain vehicles equipped with 8-speed automatic transmission (m5u), the customer may complain about harsh shifting. This can occur if the vehicle experienced multiple transmission reprogramming events during manufacturing, causing the calibration to over-adjust the shift parameters. This bulletin provides a service adaptive learn procedure that should be run to reset the calibration to…
• 10114804Dec 22, 2014Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a Service 4WD message on the Driver Information Center. Technician may find C0398 or C0326 stored in the Transfer Case Control Module. Technician should reprogram the Transfer Case Control Module using Service Programming System for the updated calibrations to resolve this concern.
• 10126251Dec 19, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin was created for the Manual Transmission Operating Characteristics. The different noises caused by driver habit, weather conditions , and normal manual transmission noises.
• 10114803Dec 19, 2014Transmission and drivetrain, Engine, Electrical system, Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician the steps needed to diagnose and repair vehicles with a rough idle and/or vibration at idle in Drive. This condition will not be present in Park, or Neutral. This concern may be caused by ground out within the one or both engine mounts. Technician will use CH-51450-A (Pico Oscilloscope) to measure the vibration disturbance.
• 10114802Dec 19, 2014Body and structure, Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician the steps to diagnose and repair vehicles with visible water leak or signs of water intrusion from the antenna base, red OnStar LED, unable to connect to OnStar, OnStar unable to locate the vehicle, OnStar has inaccurate global positioning system location, no global positioning system on the navigation radio display, and inaccurate…
• 10114801Dec 19, 2014Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that may OnStar inoperative and Navigation/GPS/Compass issues. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes B101D sym 3C and or F0. Technician will gather data using a scan tool and contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. After approval technician will replace the OnStar module.
• 10250028Dec 18, 2014Electrical system, Fuel system. Special Return - Fuel Tank Module Kit: ACDelco Part Number M10256 (select date codes)
• 10126248Dec 18, 2014Wheels. This preliminary information bulletin provides information on how to remove stainless steel wheel nut caps with the matching depth of socket used on the wheel nut.
• 10114799Dec 18, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the 8L90 8 Speed Automatic Transmission is on exchange through General Motors Product Quality Center. Dealer will need to contact General Motors Product Quality Center for further assistance.
• 10114789Dec 15, 2014Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about when listening to an iPod that the first song will still be displayed when the next song in the list is playing. Dealer should communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle and that the current song can be displayed by pressing the ?next? button while the device is playing.
• 10126238Dec 12, 2014Equipment. This preliminary informational bulletin provides procedures to inspect , replace, or repair the XM radio antenna to correct the customers concern loss XM services, noise and/or water leak.
• 10114788Dec 12, 2014Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about when listening to an iPod that the first song will still be displayed when the next song in the list is playing. Dealer should communicate to the customer that we apologize for this inconvenience and that General Motors is currently evaluating this concern.
• 10114786Dec 12, 2014Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have any of these concerns remote keyless entry, passive Entry and Start Inoperative, No Fob detect message on driver information center, service tire pressure system, no audio, touch screen Inoperative, Steering Wheel Controls Inoperative, Service Stabilitrak, rear power windows inoperative, rear wiper…

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