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Service bulletin 030232049

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 id10004765
Published by NHTSA2004-01-07
Manufacturer's number030232049
Manufacturer's date2003-11-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

RELEASE OF NEW OUTER TIE ROD ENDS FOR SERVICE. *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

Steering, Tie rods and steering linkage

Vehicles listed
BUICK CENTURY1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
BUICK LESABRE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
BUICK PARK AVENUE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
BUICK REGAL1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
BUICK RENDEZVOUS2002, 2003
CADILLAC DEVILLE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
CADILLAC SEVILLE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
CHEVROLET IMPALA2000, 2001
CHEVROLET MALIBU1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2000, 2001
CHEVROLET VENTURE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
OLDSMOBILE ALERO1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
OLDSMOBILE AURORA2001, 2002, 2003
OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
PONTIAC AZTEK2001, 2002, 2003
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
PONTIAC GRAND AM1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
PONTIAC MONTANA1997 to 1998
PONTIAC MONTANA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT1997, 1998
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT1999 to 2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
99V3010001999-10-29. STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
1802022002-04-09. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON OUTER TIE ROD NOISE CONDITION. *TT