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August 2, 2017 Service bulletin

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that when scanning a...

Chevrolet technical service bulletin PIC6296 for 2016-2018 Chevrolet Malibu, 2016-2018 Chevrolet Impala and 2016-2018 Chevrolet Tahoe and others.

Bulletin number
PIC6296
Component
Electrical system
Summary
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that when scanning a vehicle for Diagnostic Trouble Codes, may find a temporary loss of Human Machine Interface communication with Global Diagnostic System 2. Technician should not replace the Human Machine Interface for this concern, power cycling of the Human Machine Interface fuse should restore communication. Technician should be advised that the Human Machine Interface and Global Diagnostic System 2 interaction concern has been reported to engineering for root cause and correction.

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