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September 20, 2019 Service bulletin

Electrical system

Chevrolet technical service bulletin PIT5546F for 2016-2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2016-2019 GMC Sierra 1500.

Bulletin number
PIT5546F
Component
Electrical system
Summary
This Preliminary information communicates that water leaking into the headlamp assembly or headlamp assembly connections can cause an electrical short which will keep modules from shutting down causing a dead battery and a no crank condition, a crank no start, or unable to program the engine control module. Engine control module will set a diagnostic trouble code of P1682, or the engine will continue to run with the ignition off.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 786 complaints in the electrical category.

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