TSB PIP4138P — Chevrolet and GMC Service bulletin

PIP4138P is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for 3 Chevrolet and GMC models, 1999 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 Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on, engine misfire, and/or engine noise. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0300-P0308. If published Service…

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

1Document filed
3Vehicles named
1Model year

Vehicles and model years PIP4138P names

VehicleModel years
Chevrolet Suburban 1999
Chevrolet Tahoe 1999
GMC Yukon 1999

Every document filed under PIP4138P

Document IDFiledType
PIP4138P December 23, 2016 Service bulletin

What PIP4138P covers

Engine, Electrical — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB PIP4138P?

PIP4138P is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Chevrolet and GMC, covering 3 Chevrolet and GMC models across the 1999 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on, engine misfire, and/or engine noise. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0300-P0308. If published Service…

Which vehicles does PIP4138P cover?

NHTSA's file names Chevrolet Suburban (1999); Chevrolet Tahoe (1999); GMC Yukon (1999). 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 PIP4138P a recall, and is the repair free?

No. PIP4138P 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 PIP4138P?

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 PIP4138P, 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 PIP4138P. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.