Chevrolet Avalanche 1999–2008 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PIP3259J · NHTSA communication 10112681 · issued Dec 17, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999–2008
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a planetary gear whine noise in first and second gear. Technician should compare the noise to a like vehicle. Technician will need to check the build date of the transmission, if it was built after 09/01/2003 and it is determined that a vehicle has an abnormal amount of noise, perform the rear unit end play check. Technician will replace the output planetary gear set if end play is out of specification. The transmission assembly will need to be replaced if the end play is with in spec
Vehicles covered
- 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche
- 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche
- 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche
- 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche
- 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche
- 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche
- 1999 Chevrolet Express
- 2000 Chevrolet Express
- 2001 Chevrolet Express
- 2002 Chevrolet Express
- 2003 Chevrolet Express
- 2004 Chevrolet Express
- 2005 Chevrolet Express
- 2006 Chevrolet Express
- 2007 Chevrolet Express
- 2008 Chevrolet Express
- 1999 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2000 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2001 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2002 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2003 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2004 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2005 Chevrolet Silverado
- 2006 Chevrolet Silverado
- 1999 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2000 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2001 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2002 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2003 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2004 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2005 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2006 Chevrolet Suburban
- 2007 Chevrolet Suburban
- 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 1999 GMC Savana
- 2000 GMC Savana
- 2001 GMC Savana
- 2002 GMC Savana
- 2003 GMC Savana
- 2004 GMC Savana
- 2005 GMC Savana
- 2006 GMC Savana
- 2007 GMC Savana
- 2008 GMC Savana
- 1999 GMC Sierra
- 2000 GMC Sierra
- 2001 GMC Sierra
- 2002 GMC Sierra
- 2003 GMC Sierra
- 2004 GMC Sierra
- 2005 GMC Sierra
- 2006 GMC Sierra
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.