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GM bulletin 15-00-89-004G

What it saysThis service bulletin provides technicians with information to help identify the differences between what is considered a fluid leak, and what is considered fluid seepage. NHTSA’s full summary ↓

GM filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Apr 26, 2024, received May 15, 2024, about the power train. It names 433 model years across Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac (2016–2025). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.

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What the bulletin says

Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communication

This service bulletin provides technicians with information to help identify the differences between what is considered a fluid leak, and what is considered fluid seepage.

Kind Service bulletin Manufacturer date Apr 26, 2024 Received by NHTSA May 15, 2024 Components Power Train, Engine, Suspension

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
15-00-89-004GService bulletinApr 26, 202411000119PDF, 433 KB

The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.

Model years it names

Source: as the manufacturer filed them

Chevrolet 238 model years

and 128 more on this site: 2019 Chevrolet Corvette, 2018 Chevrolet Corvette, 2017 Chevrolet Corvette, 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, 2019 Chevrolet Cruze, 2018 Chevrolet Cruze, 2017 Chevrolet Cruze, 2016 Chevrolet Cruze, 2025 Chevrolet Equinox, 2024 Chevrolet Equinox, 2023 Chevrolet Equinox, 2022 Chevrolet Equinox, 2021 Chevrolet Equinox, 2020 Chevrolet Equinox, 2019 Chevrolet Equinox, 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, 2017 Chevrolet Equinox, 2016 Chevrolet Equinox, 2024 Chevrolet Express, 2023 Chevrolet Express, 2022 Chevrolet Express, 2021 Chevrolet Express, 2020 Chevrolet Express, 2019 Chevrolet Express, 2018 Chevrolet Express, 2017 Chevrolet Express, 2016 Chevrolet Express, 2020 Chevrolet Impala, 2019 Chevrolet Impala, 2018 Chevrolet Impala, 2017 Chevrolet Impala, 2016 Chevrolet Impala, 2024 Chevrolet Malibu, 2023 Chevrolet Malibu, 2022 Chevrolet Malibu, 2021 Chevrolet Malibu, 2020 Chevrolet Malibu, 2019 Chevrolet Malibu, 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, 2017 Chevrolet Malibu, 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, 2017 Chevrolet SS, 2016 Chevrolet SS, 2025 Chevrolet Silverado, 2024 Chevrolet Silverado, 2023 Chevrolet Silverado, 2022 Chevrolet Silverado, 2021 Chevrolet Silverado, 2020 Chevrolet Silverado, 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, 2017 Chevrolet Silverado, 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, 2020 Chevrolet Sonic, 2019 Chevrolet Sonic, 2018 Chevrolet Sonic, 2017 Chevrolet Sonic, 2016 Chevrolet Sonic, 2022 Chevrolet Spark, 2021 Chevrolet Spark, 2020 Chevrolet Spark, 2019 Chevrolet Spark, 2018 Chevrolet Spark, 2017 Chevrolet Spark, 2016 Chevrolet Spark, 2024 Chevrolet Suburban, 2023 Chevrolet Suburban, 2022 Chevrolet Suburban, 2021 Chevrolet Suburban, 2020 Chevrolet Suburban, 2019 Chevrolet Suburban, 2018 Chevrolet Suburban, 2017 Chevrolet Suburban, 2016 Chevrolet Suburban, 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2024 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, 2023 Chevrolet Traverse, 2022 Chevrolet Traverse, 2021 Chevrolet Traverse, 2020 Chevrolet Traverse, 2019 Chevrolet Traverse, 2018 Chevrolet Traverse, 2017 Chevrolet Traverse, 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, 2025 Chevrolet Trax, 2024 Chevrolet Trax, 2022 Chevrolet Trax, 2021 Chevrolet Trax, 2020 Chevrolet Trax, 2019 Chevrolet Trax, 2018 Chevrolet Trax, 2017 Chevrolet Trax, 2016 Chevrolet Trax, 2019 Chevrolet Volt, 2018 Chevrolet Volt, 2017 Chevrolet Volt, 2016 Chevrolet Volt.

Also filed against model years this site has no page for: 2024 Chevrolet 3500HD; 2016 Chevrolet 4500; 2017 Chevrolet 4500; 2018 Chevrolet 4500; 2019 Chevrolet 4500; 2020 Chevrolet 4500; 2022 Chevrolet 4500; 2017 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2018 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2019 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2020 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2021 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2022 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2023 Chevrolet 4500HD; 2017 Chevrolet 4500XD; 2018 Chevrolet 4500XD; 2019 Chevrolet 4500XD; 2020 Chevrolet 4500XD; 2021 Chevrolet 4500XD; 2022 Chevrolet 4500XD; 2017 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2018 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2019 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2020 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2021 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2022 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2023 Chevrolet 5500HD; 2018 Chevrolet 5500XD; 2019 Chevrolet 5500XD; 2020 Chevrolet 5500XD; 2021 Chevrolet 5500XD; 2022 Chevrolet 5500XD; 2019 Chevrolet 6500; 2019 Chevrolet 6500HD; 2020 Chevrolet 6500HD; 2021 Chevrolet 6500HD; 2022 Chevrolet 6500HD; 2023 Chevrolet 6500HD; 2024 Chevrolet Bolt EV; 2018 Chevrolet C3500; 2016 Chevrolet Caprice; 2017 Chevrolet Caprice; 2018 Chevrolet Caprice; 2016 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit; 2017 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit; 2016 Chevrolet Captiva; 2017 Chevrolet Captiva; 2018 Chevrolet Captiva; 2019 Chevrolet Duplicate Silverado 5500; 2018 Chevrolet G4500; 2016 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 3500; 2017 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 3500; 2018 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 3500; 2019 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 3500; 2016 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 4500; 2017 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 4500; 2016 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 5500; 2017 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 5500; 2018 Chevrolet LOW Cab Forward 6500; 2016 Chevrolet N300 and 10 more.

GMC 80 model years

and 68 more on this site: 2016 GMC Acadia, 2024 GMC Canyon, 2023 GMC Canyon, 2022 GMC Canyon, 2021 GMC Canyon, 2020 GMC Canyon, 2019 GMC Canyon, 2018 GMC Canyon, 2017 GMC Canyon, 2016 GMC Canyon, 2025 GMC Hummer EV, 2024 GMC Hummer EV, 2023 GMC Hummer EV, 2024 GMC Savana, 2023 GMC Savana, 2022 GMC Savana, 2021 GMC Savana, 2020 GMC Savana, 2019 GMC Savana, 2018 GMC Savana, 2017 GMC Savana, 2016 GMC Savana, 2024 GMC Sierra, 2023 GMC Sierra, 2022 GMC Sierra, 2021 GMC Sierra, 2020 GMC Sierra, 2019 GMC Sierra, 2018 GMC Sierra, 2017 GMC Sierra, 2016 GMC Sierra, 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2023 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2022 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2021 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2020 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2019 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2018 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2017 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2016 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2024 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2023 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2022 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2021 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2020 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2019 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2018 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2017 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2016 GMC Sierra 3500HD, 2025 GMC Terrain, 2024 GMC Terrain, 2023 GMC Terrain, 2022 GMC Terrain, 2021 GMC Terrain, 2020 GMC Terrain, 2019 GMC Terrain, 2018 GMC Terrain, 2017 GMC Terrain, 2016 GMC Terrain, 2024 GMC Yukon, 2023 GMC Yukon, 2022 GMC Yukon, 2021 GMC Yukon, 2020 GMC Yukon, 2019 GMC Yukon, 2018 GMC Yukon, 2017 GMC Yukon, 2016 GMC Yukon.

Also filed against model years this site has no page for: 2024 GMC 3500HD; 2017 GMC G3500; 2018 GMC G3500; 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup.

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What owners reported

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners of the 353 model years this bulletin names have filed 42,117 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 21,294 of them name Engine, Power Train, Suspension — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.

On the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, the 172 owners who gave an odometer reading for Engine reported it at a median of 53,000 miles. That figure is one model year’s, not the whole range this bulletin covers — medians from different model years are not averaged.

I Took My Car To Castle Villa Park On July 8 2025 And Explained To Tony That Check My Car In That It Sound As If It Was A Hub Bearing My Car Was Dropped Off At 7:00 AM Until Around 1:00PM I Was Told I Need A Tire To See If It Was My Hub Bearing Which Didn’t Make Sense To Me So I Ask For A Supervisor I Was Then Inform That They Could Tell…

2020 Chevrolet Impala · Power Train · filed with NHTSA Jul 20, 2025

Sudden jerk power train and deceleration while driving and towing 5th wheel, immediate loss of power and could have been catastrophic. GM has a known defect that requires immediate attention and investigation to affirm this is a broad national problem with the Allison 10 speed 10L1000 transmission, specifically the defective transmission…

2023 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD · Power Train · filed with NHTSA Jul 8, 2025

On July 5, 2024 while traveling and towing our 5th wheel (7,200lbs) with our 2017 GMC 2500 6.0L GAS engine (with the 6L90 transmission) and without any previous warnings or signals the check engine light illuminated and approximately 10 mins later the vehicle went into limp mode with "Transmission Hot.....Idle Engine" warning, causing us…

2017 GMC Sierra 2500HD · Power Train · filed with NHTSA Jul 16, 2024

A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.

More bulletins about the power train

Source: same model, same component group

244 other manufacturer communications filed against these GM models under the same component group (power train), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Chevrolet list.

NumberKindDatedNHTSA’s summary
N262567720Service campaignSep 17, 2026Certain vehicles may have received transmission mounting bolts that do not meet expected hardness specifications. Loose or failed bolts may…
N252502891-01Service campaignAug 20, 2026Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the internal differential nut was cross threaded or missing during assembly. Dealers will rev…
N252502890-01Service campaignAug 20, 2026Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the internal differential nut was cross threaded or missing during assembly. Dealers will rev…
N242471460-01Service campaignAug 20, 2026Certain vehicles may have been built with an Electric Drive Unit mounting bolt that is too long, causing damage to the Drive Unit case. Deal…
N262556930-01Service campaignJun 17, 2026Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the transfer case drive chain sprocket is cracked. Dealers are to replace the transfer case.
N262560680Service campaignJun 10, 2026Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the bolts for the transmission control valve body may be loose or missing. Dealers will retor…
N262556930Service campaignJun 2, 2026Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the transfer case drive chain sprocket is cracked. Dealers are to replace the transfer case.
N252517790Service campaignOct 14, 2025Certain vehicles, equipped with 8L80 or 8L90 Transmissions, may have a condition in which the reaction carrier cracks. Dealers are to replac…

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is GM 15-00-89-004G a recall?

No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.

Is the 15-00-89-004G repair free?

Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way.

Which vehicles does 15-00-89-004G cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 433 model years across 4 brands (Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac): 2019 Buick Cascada, 2018 Buick Cascada, 2017 Buick Cascada, 2016 Buick Cascada, 2025 Buick Enclave, 2024 Buick Enclave and more. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.