TSB PIP5569B — Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC Service bulletin

PIP5569B is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for 5 Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC models, 2008–2009 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. This Preliminary information communicates to the dealer an issue where the vehicle's engine may crank over unprompted and not start afterward. This is the result of hooking up the Active Fuel Injector Tool incorrectly on vehicles equipped with a direct fuel injection system.…

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

1Document filed
5Vehicles named
2Model years

Vehicles and model years PIP5569B names

VehicleModel years
Cadillac SRX 2008
Chevrolet Cobalt 2008, 2009
Chevrolet HHR 2008, 2009
Chevrolet Traverse 2009
GMC Acadia 2009

Every document filed under PIP5569B

Document IDFiledType
PIP5569B August 13, 2024 Service bulletin

What PIP5569B covers

Electrical — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB PIP5569B?

PIP5569B is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC, covering 5 Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC models across the 2008–2009 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: This Preliminary information communicates to the dealer an issue where the vehicle's engine may crank over unprompted and not start afterward. This is the result of hooking up the Active Fuel Injector Tool incorrectly on vehicles equipped with a direct fuel injection system.…

Which vehicles does PIP5569B cover?

NHTSA's file names Cadillac SRX (2008); Chevrolet Cobalt (2008–2009); Chevrolet HHR (2008–2009); Chevrolet Traverse (2009); GMC Acadia (2009). 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 PIP5569B a recall, and is the repair free?

No. PIP5569B 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 PIP5569B?

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 PIP5569B, 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 PIP5569B. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.