2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Technical Service Bulletins

1,440 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2015 GMC Sierra 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.

• 10075402Sep 1, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. 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.
• 10059097Aug 24, 2015Transmission and drivetrain, Brakes. General motors: parts for most vehicles, clutch, master cylinder assembly are, required and requested, to be returned and need to reorder replacement parts using same part numbers.
• 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.
• 10059132Aug 1, 2015Steering, Seats. Gmc/chevrolet: for some vehicles, once speed has reached 56-73 km/h (35-45 mph) or 96-120 km/h (60-70 mph), either in steering wheel or the seat, vibrations can be felt. Model 2014 silverado 1500, sierra 1500, 2015 silverado 1500, sierra 1500.
• 10059095Aug 1, 2015Engine, Engine cooling. General motors: in some vehicles and trucks, when transferring intake manifold to replace an engine long service block, due to internal damage, extreme caution must be taken for component debris via broken, bent or missing intake valves.
• 10059036Aug 1, 2015Fuel system. Cadillac/chevrolet/gmc: some vehicles experiencing fuel rail pressure sensor codes with ses lamp. Model 2015 escalade, 2014-15 silverado 1500, suburban, tahoe, sierra 1500, yukon, yukon xl. *pe updated 2/1/16.
• 10089904Jul 31, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. "15435b - service update (revised part information). This bulletin provides a service procedure to replace the torque converter on certain 2015 model year chevrolet silverado hd, gmc sierra hd and gmc sierra denali hd vehicles equipped with an allison 6-speed automatic transmission (rpo mw7). These vehicles may have been assembled with an incorrectly machined torque converter. Customers may experience noise, poor…
• 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.
• 10138124Jul 14, 2015Body and structure. This preliminary informational bulletin provides frame coating repair information to correct a customer concern of wax coating on frame peeling, metal shows corrosion/rusting (U.S. and Canada Only)
• 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.
• 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.
• 10058755Jul 1, 2015Equipment. General motors: tsb contains an owner's notification letter. Select document search button below. On certain trucks and vehicles, the onstar system is inoperative due to embedded phone flash memory chip and vehicle communication interface module (vcim) needs replacing. Model 2015.
• 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…
• 10059109Jun 1, 2015Brakes. Gmc/chevrolet: service procedures on certain vehicles to inspect, retighten the torque for right rear brake line bracket bolt to rear axle due to incorrectly being torqued allowing brake line to wear against rear axle housing and brake fluid leakage. Model 2014-15 silverado ld, sierra ld, 2015 silverado hd, sierra hd, sierra denali hd.
• 10057993Jun 1, 2015Exterior lighting. General motors 2014-2015 gmc sierra, gmc sierra 1500: some vehicles are experiencing poor headlight performance when driving in rural dark areas. *lj updated 1/22/16.
• 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…
• 10090000May 1, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. 15178a - service update (revised parts information, service procedure and warranty transaction information). 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…
• 10059066May 1, 2015Engine. Chevrolet/cadillac/gmc: instruction information regarding an oil leakage from engine, around location of oil filter of oil pan. Model 2015 escalade, sierra/silverado 1500, suburban, yukon, yukon xl, tahoe.
• 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.
• 10059107Apr 1, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. Cadillac/chevrolet/gmc: on certain vehicles, a service procedure has been provided regarding replacing reaction/output carrier assembly due to whinnying noise of transmission gear. Model escalade, escalade esv, silverado ld crew, ltz, sierra ld crew, ld crew denali, yukon, yukon denali, yukon xl, xl denali.
• 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.
• 10139391Mar 30, 2015Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on and a misfire or a tick noise. Technician may find a Diagnostic Trouble Code P0300 set. If Service Information diagnosis does not isolate the cause of this concern inspect the valve operation.
• 10139390Mar 30, 2015Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a detent / click with a feel of increased resistance when the accelerator pedal is about ¾ of the way. The new accelerator pedal design has a built-in detent position near the last 1/4 of pedal travel. Dealer should communicate to the customer this is a normal operating characteristic of the vehicle and no…
• 10139388Mar 30, 2015Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have an intermittent crank / no start concern. Technician may find a Diagnostic Trouble Code in the Engine Control Module P1682. Technician will need to follow published Service Information diagnostics for the Diagnostic Trouble Code.
• 10139386Mar 30, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have battery draw complaint. Technician should not replace the Instrument Panel Cluster for this concern. Technician should test the battery on the vehicle before performing any diagnostics.
• 10139381Mar 27, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the E92 Engine Control Module part number 12662034 part restriction through General Motors Product Quality Center has ended. Dealer can order the parts through the regular Customer Care and Aftersales parts process.
• 10139379Mar 27, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the radio can be turned on after turning the ignition off and opening the driver?s door. The radio can then be turned back on after the vehicle's Retained Accessory Power has been canceled by simply pressing the power button on the radio. This is a normal characteristic of the key off operation.
• 10139378Mar 27, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a Service 4WD message on the Driver Information Center when operated below 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-12 Celsius). Technician may find C0398 or C0326 stored in the Transfer Case Control Module. For vehicles with Regular Production Option Code NQH and NQ6 and only setting Diagnostic Trouble Codes C0398 or…
• 10139377Mar 26, 2015Back-over prevention (rear camera), Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that are found to have a back-up alarm inoperative during the Pre-Delivery Inspection. On trucks equipped with the Back Up Alarm (RPO 8S3), the alarm will be intentionally left disconnected from the assembly plant. Technician will reroute the harness and plug it in.
• 10139374Mar 26, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to diagnose and repair vehicles that have a no crank or a start and then immediate stall, Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator lamp may not be on when the ignition is in the run position. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0513 and or P262B may also be set. Technician will pulled the driver sill plate and…
• 10139371Mar 26, 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.
• 10090112Mar 24, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. 15178 - service update (drive audit message only). General motors has decided that certain vehicles equipped with 8-speed transmission (rpo m5u) may have transmission gear whine noise. To address this condition we will be releasing service update bulletin 15178 as soon as a sufficient quantity of replacement parts is available. It is estimated that only 5% of the involved vehicles will require repair.
• 10139362Mar 23, 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…
• 10139361Mar 23, 2015Equipment. 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.

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