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Service bulletin 010851004A

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10000948
Published by NHTSA2003-04-05
Manufacturer's number010851004A
Manufacturer's date2003-01-01
Replaces010851004
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD

NHTSA's summary

PREMATURE ALUMINUM HOOD CORROSION / BLISTERING. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
BUICK LESABRE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
CHEVROLET TRANS SPORT1997 to 2002
CHEVROLET VENTURE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
OLDSMOBILE AURORA2001, 2002, 2003
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
PONTIAC MONTANA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
PONTIAC TRANS AM1997 to 1998

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20010592001-03-09. Structure

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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