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Cadillac Escalade 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 051402 · NHTSA communication 636665 · issued May 14, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customers may comment that the end gate does not latch properly from side to side. *tt

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.