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Service bulletin 10082002

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10013129
Published by NHTSA2005-04-08
Manufacturer's number10082002
Manufacturer's date2008-10-08
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE MAY NOT START. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0706, WHICH RELATES TO TRANSMISSION RANGE SWITCH PERFORMANCE MAY BE STORED. *TT

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Trouble codes named

P0706

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2003
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2003
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2003
GMC SIERRA2003
GMC YUKON2003

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

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