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GM service campaign N252494003

What it saysCertain vehicles listed above, may have a condition where the connecting rod and/or crankshaft engine components in these vehicles may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage and engine failure. NHTSA’s full summary ↓

GM filed this with NHTSA as a service campaign dated May 23, 2025, about the engine. It names 24 model years across Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac (2021–2024). A service campaign is not a safety recall — there is no NHTSA campaign number and no federal requirement — but it is usually work the manufacturer pays for on the vehicles it names; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.

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What the bulletin says

Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communication
Coverage 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first “This special coverage covers if an engine failure occurs in the vehicle as a result of the condition described above for a period of 10 years or 150,000 miles (240,000 km), whichever occurs first, from the date the…”
What the dealer does Dealers are to replace the engine.
Paid for it already? Vehicle owners or lessees who paid for repairs referenced in this Special Coverage (“Customers”) are eligible for reimbursement of their reasonable and customary expenses in accordance with the procedures specified…
Cost to the owner The repairs will be made at no charge to the customer.

Picked out of NHTSA’s summary below, word for word. The document itself is the record, and the dealer checks the VIN.

Certain vehicles listed above, may have a condition where the connecting rod and/or crankshaft engine components in these vehicles may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage and engine failure. This special coverage covers if an engine failure occurs in the vehicle as a result of the condition described above for a period of 10 years or 150,000 miles (240,000 km), whichever occurs first, from the date the vehicle was originally placed in service, regardless of ownership. For vehicles covered by Vehicle Service Contracts, all eligible claims with repair orders on or after May 23, 2025, are covered by this special coverage and must be submitted using the labor operation codes provided with this bulletin. Claims with repair orders prior to May 23, 2025, must be submitted to the Service Contract provider. Vehicle owners or lessees who paid for repairs referenced in this Special Coverage (“Customers”) are eligible for reimbursement of their reasonable and customary expenses in accordance with the procedures specified below. The conditional right to reimbursement is provided by GM solely in the interest of customer satisfaction and is personal to Customers. Customers may not assign and GM does not consent to any assignment of any Customer’s right to submit reimbursement claims, or to receive reimbursement, or any other rights granted by this Special Coverage to any third party, including but not limited to service contract providers, and this Special Coverage is not intended to and does not confer any third party beneficiary, subrogation or contribution rights, or any other rights to reimbursement, against GM, whether in law, equity or otherwise, on any third parties. Dealers are to replace the engine. The repairs will be made at no charge to the customer.

Trouble codes it names: P0016 all 1 read from the document itself; NHTSA’s summary names none

One of the 432 warranty extensions and special-coverage programs on file — every make, with the term each runs to.

Kind Service campaign Manufacturer date May 23, 2025 Received by NHTSA May 23, 2025 Components Engine

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
N252494003Service campaignMay 23, 202511018541PDF, 173 KB

What the document itself lists

The manufacturer titles it “N252494003- Special Coverage”.

Parts the bulletin names

Part numberDescriptionQty
12740076ENGINE—
12669858BELT, ACSRY DRV PRIM—
12658178BELT, ACSRY DRV AUX—
13579648SEAL, A/C CMPR & CNDSR HOSE—
13579649SEAL, A/C CMPR & CNDSR HOSE—
11549180BOLT,ENG MT FRM SI—
23129010GASKET, ENG OIL CLR—
22988272RETAINER,TRANS FLUID CLR PIPE CONN—
15035747SEAL,EXH SYS—
15077362SEAL,EXH SYS—
12626354GASKET,INT MANIF—
12682391GASKET,W/PMP—
85639955SEAL,TRANS FLUID CLR PIPE FTG—
11548998BOLT,ENG MT ENG SI—
11546600BOLT,EXH MANIF—
12657093GASKET,EXH MANIF—
12679463PIPE,FUEL FEED INTER—
12703668PIPE,FUEL FEED INTER—
12726902SEAL KIT,F/INJR O-RING—
19432442SEAL KIT,F/INJR O-RING—
12679867GASKET,F/PMP BRKT—
24504031SEAL,OIL LVL IND—
19432331——
19432456——
12346290——
10953464——
85724972HOSE ENGINE OIL COOLER—
85575817RADIATOR—
85575818RADIATOR—
85575815RADIATOR—
85575814RADIATOR—

Labour operations and the time the manufacturer allows

OperationDescriptionTime
9900928Diagnosis Only – No Further Action Required Up To1 hrs
9900929Customer Reimbursement Approved - For USA and Canada dealers only - For Export…0.2 hrs
N252494003—20 hrs

Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (4 pages), read Sep 30, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches GM’s own catalogue shape, an operation only with its code and time, and a description only where the reader got it whole; anything it could not settle is left out, and the PDF is the record. Times are the manufacturer’s warranty allowances, not a quote.

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

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What owners reported

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners of the 24 model years this bulletin names have filed 8,054 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 4,555 of them name Engine — 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 2021 Chevrolet Silverado, the 108 owners who gave an odometer reading for Engine reported it at a median of 65,000 miles. That figure is one model year’s, not the whole range this bulletin covers — medians from different model years are not averaged.

The contact owns a 2024 GMC Yukon XL. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V274000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair.

2024 GMC Yukon · Engine · filed with NHTSA Jun 18, 2025 · ODI 11667685

on Sunday I was driving Longisland’ highway around 70 mile per a hour on left line my Cadillac engine stop end notification start engine I barely stop my car called police officer he help me because car it wast safe area with tow truck take my car now car in service almost week still no response and I have a appointment last Saturday…

2022 Cadillac Escalade · Engine · filed with NHTSA May 5, 2025 · ODI 11658942

While driving on the highway my truck started to buck and had a loud engine knocking noise. Speed was greatly reduced so much so that I was going under 45 mph in a posted 65. The check engine light did not come on. While sitting on the side of the highway there was a severe engine knock only when the revs on the engine were increased.

2021 GMC Sierra · Engine · filed with NHTSA Sep 9, 2021 · ODI 11432369

In depth: 2024 Cadillac Escalade engine problems → · 2023 Cadillac Escalade engine problems → · 2022 Cadillac Escalade engine problems → · 2021 Cadillac Escalade engine problems →

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 engine

Source: same model, same component group

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

NumberKindDatedNHTSA’s summary
N262576260Service campaignOct 15, 2026General Motors has decided to conduct a Voluntary Emission Recall. Certain vehicles may have a condition that could cause a small exhaust le…
N262568830Service campaignAug 4, 2026Certain vehicles listed above may have a condition in which the oil filter was not adequately tightened. Dealers are to check and tighten th…
N262552620Service campaignMay 11, 2026Certain vehicles may have a condition that could cause the cylinder 2 glow plug to fail. If this failure occurs, the Malfunction Indicator…
N262548050Service campaignApr 24, 2026Certain vehicles, may have a condition that could cause the Catalytic Converter to fail. If this failure occurs, the Malfunction Indicator L…
N252494003-02Service campaignJan 21, 2026Certain vehicles listed above, may have a condition where the connecting rod and/or crankshaft engine components in these vehicles may have…
25-NA-339Service bulletinNov 6, 2025Under Field Actions N252494000, N252494001, the service procedure includes performing a PICO test on vehicle engines within the identified s…
N252508341Service campaignSep 16, 2025Certain vehicles listed above, may have a condition that could cause the engine coolant control valve to fail an onboard vehicle diagnostic…
N252508340Service campaignSep 16, 2025Certain vehicles may have a condition that could cause the engine coolant control valve to fail. If this condition were to occur, the Malfun…

Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.

Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac, by the number printed on the letter.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is GM N252494003 a recall?

No. A service campaign 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 N252494003 repair free?

A service campaign is usually paid by the manufacturer on the vehicles it names, within the terms and time limit the document sets; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.

Which vehicles does N252494003 cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 24 model years across 3 brands (Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac): 2024 Cadillac Escalade, 2023 Cadillac Escalade, 2022 Cadillac Escalade, 2021 Cadillac Escalade, 2024 Chevrolet Silverado, 2023 Chevrolet Silverado and more. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.