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December 10, 2015 Service bulletin

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have...

Chevrolet technical service bulletin PIT5461A for 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, 2016 Chevrolet Impala and 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe and others.

Bulletin number
PIT5461A
Component
Electrical system
Summary
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a random infotainment system resets while driving, screen temporarily goes blank and then returns after approximately 5 seconds, radio volume control inoperative, Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning controls function but will not show changes on the display, seek buttons on the front controls will not function, when using CarPlay the map is intermittently bright at night, front pedestrian icon "Check Box" disappears after changing selection, over-temp Pop-up displayed randomly, displays a quick blue screen when shifting to reverse, infotainment system resets when a device with a large amount of songs is connected, XM not showing Station List, and or Radio shows XM Station ID 0 intermittently. Technician should USB program the Human Machine Interface. After USB programming has been completed reprogram the Human Machine Interface module this time using the Service Programming System with the latest calibrations available on TIS2WEB.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 743 complaints in the electrical category.

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