TSB PIC5913 — Chevrolet and Pontiac Service bulletin

PIC5913 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for 5 Chevrolet and Pontiac models, 1998 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Supplemental Inflatable Restraint lamp, Service Vehicle Soon lamp on and/or radio locked, possibly after module replacement. Technician will need to check for an…

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

1Document filed
5Vehicles named
1Model year

Vehicles and model years PIC5913 names

VehicleModel years
Chevrolet Blazer 1998
Chevrolet Camaro 1998
Chevrolet Corvette 1998
Pontiac Grand Am 1998
Pontiac Grand Prix 1998

Every document filed under PIC5913

Document IDFiledType
PIC5913 September 19, 2013 Service bulletin

What PIC5913 covers

Electrical — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB PIC5913?

PIC5913 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Chevrolet and Pontiac, covering 5 Chevrolet and Pontiac models across the 1998 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Supplemental Inflatable Restraint lamp, Service Vehicle Soon lamp on and/or radio locked, possibly after module replacement. Technician will need to check for an…

Which vehicles does PIC5913 cover?

NHTSA's file names Chevrolet Blazer (1998); Chevrolet Camaro (1998); Chevrolet Corvette (1998); Pontiac Grand Am (1998); Pontiac Grand Prix (1998). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB PIC5913 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. PIC5913 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of PIC5913?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under PIC5913, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under PIC5913. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.