2016 GMC Sierra 1500 Technical Service Bulletins

1,215 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2016 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 10138148Jul 28, 2015Electrical system, Engine cooling. 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.
• 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.
• 10137939Jul 6, 2015Equipment, Engine. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information on the introduction of the Advanced Diagnostics - Proactive Alerts available on many models.
• 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.
• 10137890May 2, 2014Engine cooling, Equipment, Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin provides information to the technician on what parts of an engine or transmission will require the PQC to be notified.
• 10071612Jul 1, 2013Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10071613Apr 1, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Summary to be provided on a future date.

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