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Service bulletin 3649

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 id10016547
Published by NHTSA2005-09-21
Manufacturer's number3649
Replaces3649A
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

INTERMITTENT LONG CRANK BUT WILL NOT START OR INTERMITTENT NO CRANK. *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

Electrical system, Starter

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET MALIBU2004, 2005, 2006
CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX2004, 2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PONTIAC G62005, 2006

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
08-07-30-026C2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information on vehicles may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak and that this is considered a normal conditon and no repairs are necessary
35502006-02-22. Service bulletin. STARTER STAYS ENGAGED AFTER ENGINE STARTS. *AK