Chevrolet bulletin PIC6546A
What it saysThis Preliminary information communicates a vehicle may be encountered with a service driver assist message and no codes. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Chevrolet filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Sep 11, 2024, about the seats. It names 1 model year (2024). 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 communicationThis Preliminary information communicates a vehicle may be encountered with a service driver assist message and no codes. The technician is directed on how to test the haptic seat motors and circuits for a potential failure of a circuit. If a failed circuit is found the tech is directed to replace the seat harness.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIC6546A | Service bulletin | Sep 11, 2024 | 11007689 | PDF, 26 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 themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 126 complaints with NHTSA since 2015.
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 seats
Source: same model, same component group7 other manufacturer communications filed against the Chevrolet Blazer under the same component group (seats), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIT6239 | Service bulletin | Oct 25, 2024 | This Preliminary information communicates that a vehicle may be encountered that is equipped with heated seats but there will be no buttons… |
| PIT6180 | Service bulletin | Aug 13, 2024 | This Preliminary information communicates assistance in locating the Rear seat belt comfort guides in the parts catalog. |
| 06-00-89-029V | Service bulletin | May 1, 2024 | This service bulletin includes information on Interior Cleaning - Instrument Panel (IP), Hard or Plastic Surfaces, Seats, Carpet, Leather, V… |
| PIE0773A | Service bulletin | Jan 16, 2024 | This engineering information (EI) s requesting information from technicians to perform the check list provided and contact the engineer list… |
| PIE0773 | Service bulletin | Dec 21, 2023 | This engineering information (EI) is requesting information from technicians to perform the check list provided and contact the engineer lis… |
| PIE0749A | Service bulletin | Aug 16, 2023 | This engineering information (EI) closure ends the need for gathering further information from technicians in regard to having a squeak, rat… |
| PIE0749 | Service bulletin | May 12, 2023 | This engineering information (EI) is requesting information from technicians to perform the check list provided and contact the engineer lis… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Chevrolet PIC6546A 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 PIC6546A 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 PIC6546A cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2024 Chevrolet Blazer. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.