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Service bulletin 3179

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 id10010847
Published by NHTSA2004-12-15
Manufacturer's number3179
Replaces3179A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON AND CHUGGLE OR SURGE. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0741 OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE 39 (TCC STUCK OFF). *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

Trouble codes named

P0741

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC DEVILLE1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
CADILLAC ELDORADO1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
CADILLAC SEVILLE1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
OLDSMOBILE AURORA1993 to 1994
OLDSMOBILE AURORA1995, 1996, 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
94V1990001994-10-13. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
19940511994-03-14. Powertrain

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
PI12172018-05-07. Service bulletin. This preliminary bulletin provides a way to aid the technician in diagnosing transmission fluid leaking from the trans breather vent.
36872006-02-17. Service bulletin. MISSING CAMSHAFT INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT PLUG - SERVICE VME. *TT
9907300191999-11-26. Service bulletin. SUBJECT ON NO DRIVE OR NO REVERSE. *MJS
98737104A1998-08-03. Service bulletin. CONCERNS OF NOISE/VIBRATION/GROWL FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE ON RIGHT TURNS OR HARD ACCELERATION. *YC
577106A1997-06-27. Service bulletin. COLD START RATTLE NOISE (DIAGNOSIS/SERVICE PROCEDURE). *TW
6771641997-06-27. Service bulletin. INTERMITTENT NEUTRAL OR LOSS OF DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR FROM FOURTH GEAR (REPLACE CONTROL VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY). *TW
9674T80E011997-05-27. Service bulletin. BUZZ OR MOAN NOISE DURING TCC APPLY. *TW
577106A1997-05-27. Service bulletin. COLD START RATTLE NOISE. *TW
5771061995-11-01. Service bulletin. COLD START RATTLE NOISE. *TW
4771351995-01-11. Service bulletin. GRINDING/SCRAPING NOISE IN PARK AND NEUTRAL. *TW