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Service bulletin 082203

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 id10003827
Published by NHTSA2003-11-04
Manufacturer's number082203
Manufacturer's date2003-08-22
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

THIS IS A DEALER VME AND GMSPO HAS RECENTLY LEARNED OF A POSSIBLE QUALITY ISSUE WITH THE REPLACEMENT POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAMARO1999
PONTIAC FIREBIRD1999

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

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