2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Technical Service Bulletins

1,284 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. 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.

• 10126375Oct 14, 2015Electrical system, Equipment. This informational bulletin provides information to dealership personnel on the use of non-GM approved battery chargers and booster packs.
• 10126409Oct 13, 2015Engine cooling. 15638 - Customer Satisfaction Program. Certain 2016 model year Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Corvette, GMC Yukon Denali and 2015 Cadillac Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Silverado LD, GMC Sierra LD, and Yukon Denali XL model vehicles equipped with 6.2L engines (RPO L86 and LT1) may have engines built with cylinder head gaskets in which the head gasket stopper ring was off location.
• 10126370Oct 13, 2015Equipment, Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin provides information to dealership personnel on proper engine and automatic transmission/transaxle identification.
• 10126369Oct 13, 2015Electrical 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.
• 10126363Oct 12, 2015Equipment. This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of hearing a squeak noise from the driver or passenger front door armrest area.
• 10126407Oct 9, 2015Transmission and drivetrain, Engine cooling. 15396B - Service Update (Parts Information revised). This bulletin provides a service procedure to install the original design temperature-sensor wiring harness to the valve body on certain 2015 model year Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV; Chevrolet Silverado; and GMC Sierra, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles, equipped with a 6.2L engine (L86) and 8-speed automatic transmission (M5U).
• 10126359Oct 9, 2015Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). This preliminary informational bulletin contains recommendations of what needs to be done to swap/install camper outside rearview mirrors on a vehicle not originally equipped with them.
• 10126355Oct 6, 2015Equipment. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on Causal Part requirements for transactions submitted to GM for payment.
• 10126350Oct 5, 2015Equipment. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on an updated warranty and policy exchange program for electronic products through GM authorized Electronic Service Centers (ESCs) (U.S. and Canada).
• 10126349Oct 2, 2015Wheels. This warranty administration bulletin provides retail, wholesale and fleet personnel with General Motors recommendations for customer concerns related to wheel alignment.
• 10126347Oct 2, 2015Brakes. This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of a Service Stabilitrak message displayed on the Driver Information Center (DIC). During diagnosis, a technician may find DTC C0196-5A set in the Electronic Brake Control Module (EBCM).
• 10126346Oct 2, 2015Engine cooling, Fuel system. This informational bulletin provides information to dealership personnel on identifying Duramax Diesel overpower engine breakdown or non-function due to aftermarket power-up devices vs. non overpower engine non-function of pistons, cylinders, valve train components, and DTC P003A or P111D set.
• 10126345Oct 2, 2015Engine cooling. This preliminary informational bulletin provides service personnel with a guide to determine which SI documents and scan tool parameters to reference when encountering an: Exhaust Fluid Quality Poor message displayed, and a Reductant Fluid Quality Test status that will Pass, Time Out, Fail or Interrupt and other DEF messages that maybe observed.
• 10126344Oct 2, 2015Engine cooling. This preliminary informational bulletin provides technicians with repair information on removing seized exhaust temperature sensors.
• 10126343Oct 1, 2015Engine cooling. This preliminary informational bulletin provides dealership personnel with policies and procedures regarding damaged, disassembled or improperly packaged turbochargers returned to Warranty Part Center.
• 10075408Oct 1, 2015Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10074773Oct 1, 2015Engine. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10248494Sep 1, 2015Equipment. Navigation Voice Prompts Choppy Distorted or Garbled.
• 10127175Sep 1, 2015Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with misfires or roughness on cold start up. Technician may find a Diagnostic Trouble Code P0300 stored. Technician will add coolant dye to the system, run engine through warm up, pressurize the cooling system on a cold soak engine and inspect the suspect cylinder with a bore scope for coolant dye evidence.
• 10075423Sep 1, 2015Suspension. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10075402Sep 1, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10074769Sep 1, 2015Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10114680Aug 24, 2015Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the 6.6L Duramax Diesel Engine Part number 12638502 has been placed on a parts restriction through the General Motors Product Quality Center. Dealer will need to contact the General Motors Product Quality Center for further assistance.
• 10089882Aug 20, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. 15667 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to check and adjust transmission fluid levels on the vehicles listed above. These vehicles may expel extra transmission fluid out of a vent fitting and hose on the top of the transmission.
• 10089829Aug 7, 2015Equipment. 15155 - customer satisfaction program. Certain 2015 model year cadillac escalade, cadillac escalade esv, chevrolet silverado crew cab, chevrolet suburban, chevrolet tahoe, gmc sierra crew cab, gmc yukon, and gmc yukon xl vehicles may have a condition that can allow water to leak into the vehicle’s roof-mounted antenna.
• 10138148Jul 28, 2015Engine cooling, Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information on identifying non-GM ECM Calibration use and Power-Up hardware detection in Duramax® Diesel Engines using GDS 2.
• 10138143Jul 27, 2015Equipment, Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information to assist in identifying operating characteristics of manual transmissions that repair attempts will not change.
• 10138138Jul 22, 2015Equipment. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information on upgrading an IO5 non-navigation radio to an IO6 navigation radio.
• 10114608Jul 16, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician of a concern where the Onstar® menu is missing from the radio display. Pressing the white Onstar® push to talk button and say hide Onstar® menu will hide the menu and saying unhide menu will make the menu come back again.
• 10138122Jul 14, 2015Equipment. This engineering information bulletin is requesting information from dealers on a customer concern of A/C inoperative or poor performance on recent built vehicles.
• 10138119Jul 14, 2015Electrical system, Equipment. This engineering information bulletin is requesting information from dealers on a customer concern that one or more key transmitter(s) Inoperative or have lost memory.
• 10138113Jul 10, 2015Fuel system. This informational bulletin provides information on TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline and available retail brands.
• 10114598Jul 10, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an OnStar system that will not power up. Technician should turn off the ignition and cancel retained accessory power. After the vehicle has powered down remove power to the OnStar module for five minutes. After the power has been removed for five minutes, if the OnStar system is working release the vehicle.
• 10089896Jul 9, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. "15396 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to install the original design temperature-sensor wiring harness to the valve body on certain 2015 model year cadillac escalade and escalade esv; chevrolet silverado; and gmc sierra, yukon, and yukon xl vehicles. The supplier of the transmission-wiring harness introduced an unapproved change to the temperature sensor (thermistor), resulting in…
• 10089968Jun 26, 2015Electrical system. 15411 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to install fuses and relays as required in the underhood electrical center (uec) on certain 2015 model year chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra vehicles equipped with an accessory-wiring-junction-block (rpo 9l7). These vehicles may have missing fuses and relays. The customer may notice that the auxiliary switches are inoperative after the function is…
• 10089958Jun 26, 2015Electrical system. 15038 - dealer message only. Select 2015 vehicles will receive a software download via onstar® to update the software for the electronic climate control (ecc) system. The update will be performed on dealer inventory vehicles, with the update occurring during the night time hours of 1am to 5am edt. Updates will be rolled out to the inventory starting 6/29/2015 and complete by end of september 2015. No further action…
• 10089965Jun 15, 2015Brakes. 15203a - service update (revised service procedure). This bulletin provides a service procedure to inspect and, if required, retighten the torque on the right-rear-brake-line-bracket bolt to the rear-axle on certain fort wayne assembly plant built 2014-2015 chevrolet silverado ld, 2015 chevrolet silverado hd, 2014-2015 gmc sierra ld, 2015 gmc sierra hd and 2015 gmc sierra denali ld vehicles.
• 10089964Jun 10, 2015Brakes. 15203 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to inspect and, if required, retighten the torque on the right-rear-brake-line-bracket bolt to the rear-axle on certain fort wayne assembly plant built 2014-2015 chevrolet silverado ld, 2015 chevrolet silverado hd, 2014-2015 gmc sierra ld, 2015 gmc sierra hd and 2015 gmc sierra denali ld vehicles. These vehicles may have been assembled with an…
• 10090006May 29, 2015Transmission and drivetrain, Equipment. 15216 - customer satisfaction program. Certain 2015 model year cadillac escalade and escalade esv; chevrolet silverado ld crew and double cab; and gmc sierra ld crew, sierra ld crew double cab, yukon, and yukon xl model vehicles that are equipped with a 6.2l engine (rpo l86) and 8-speed automatic transmission (rpo m5u) may have a condition in which the u-joint retainer bolts lose index. If this condition occurs…
• 10090012May 21, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. 15389 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to reprogram the transmission control module (tcm) on certain 2015 model year cadillac escalade, escalade esv, chevrolet silverado, gmc sierra, yukon denali and yukon denali xl vehicles equipped with an 8l90 8-speed (m5u) transmission and 6.2l (l86) engine. These vehicles may have a condition in which transmission calibration allows a higher than…
• 10090061Apr 23, 2015Body and structure. 15057 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to inspect the right-rear door for weld completeness and, if required, install service rivets on certain 2015 model year chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra double cab vehicles. These vehicles may have a condition in which the right-rear door is missing two laser welds in the lower-rear corner. These missing welds may lead to a squeak or rattle…
• 10090041Apr 23, 2015Seats, Electrical system. 14281 - customer satisfaction program. Certain 2014-2015 model year chevrolet silverado, suburban, and tahoe model vehicles and 2014-2015 model year gmc sierra and yukon model vehicles equipped with a dealer installed rear entertainment system may have a condition in which the rear seat entertainment system in vehicles was released as a dealer accessory before final general motors validation approval.
• 10090064Apr 22, 2015Transmission and drivetrain, Engine. "15178 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to perform a drive audit and, if necessary, replace the reaction/output carrier assembly and associated parts on certain 2015 model year cadillac escalade, escalade esv; chevrolet silverado ld crew, silverado ld crew ltz, silverado ld ext ltz; and gmc sierra ld crew, sierra ld crew denali, sierra ld ext, yukon, yukon denali, yukon xl, yukon xl…
• 10114474Apr 20, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about connectivity concerns when connecting an Apple device via USB cord. Technician should insure the customer is using an original equipment manufacturer Apple USB cable.
• 10114459Apr 13, 2015Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician about the calculation and operation of the engine oil life monitor. The monitor calculates the percent of oil life remaining, based on 3 pathways. The first pathway for oil life calculation is engine revolutions. The second pathway for oil life calculation is the mileage form the last rest for all General Motors powertrains except the Volt. The third…
• 10090066Apr 9, 2015Electrical system, Engine. 15217 - service update. This bulletin provides a service procedure to inspect the routing of the transmission control module (tcm) branch of the engine-wiring harness on certain 2015 chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra hd vehicles that are equipped with dual generators (khb). Dealers are to ensure that the harness is routed properly and secured with a fir-tree clip.
• 10090043Apr 9, 2015Electrical system. 14395a - customer satisfaction program (revised labor time). On some 2015 model year buick encore, lacrosse, regal, and verano; cadillac ats, cts, elr, escalade, srx and xts; chevrolet colorado, corvette, cruze, equinox, impala, malibu, silverado, sonic, spark, ss, suburban, tahoe, trax, and volt; and gmc canyon, sierra, terrain, and yukon vehicles, a performance issue with the onstar® module might impact the…
• 10139398Mar 31, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have paint peeling from the anti-chip area. Technician should test another panel on a clean surface above room temperature. Technician will use a 2 inch wide piece of masking tape to the body, and pull upward quickly. If the paint flakes or peels away, the panel in question should be repaired.
• 10139396Mar 31, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a radio, Instrument Panel Cluster, and Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning display going blank also the Bluetooth connection drops when operating the snow plow. Dealer should communicate to the customer engineering is aware of this concern and working on this issue.
• 10139393Mar 31, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a radio display does not always return to the previous call/source screen when a Bluetooth call has ended and/or that the call timer may continue to flash and increment. The call/source screen staying displayed is a normal operating characteristic and cannot be changed.

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