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Service bulletin 709

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 id10018126
Published by NHTSA2005-12-15
Manufacturer's number709
Manufacturer's date2005-09-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

OIL LIFE SYSTEM RESET PROCEDURES - CARS. GM TECH LINK. *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

Engine

Vehicles listed
BUICK ALLURE2006
BUICK CENTURY2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BUICK LACROSSE2005, 2006
BUICK LESABRE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BUICK LUCERNE2006
BUICK PARK AVENUE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BUICK REGAL2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
CADILLAC CTS2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
CADILLAC DEVILLE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
CADILLAC DTS2006
CADILLAC ELDORADO2001, 2002
CADILLAC SEVILLE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
CADILLAC SRX2004, 2005, 2006
CADILLAC STS2005, 2006
CADILLAC XLR2004, 2005, 2006
CHEVROLET CAMARO2001, 2002
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
CHEVROLET IMPALA2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
CHEVROLET IMPALA (GMX 211)2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET MALIBU2004, 2005, 2006
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
OLDSMOBILE ALERO2001, 2002, 2003
OLDSMOBILE AURORA2001, 2002, 2003
OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE2001, 2002
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
PONTIAC FIREBIRD2001, 2002
PONTIAC GRAND AM2001, 2002, 2003
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2001, 2002, 2003
PONTIAC GTO2004, 2005, 2006
SATURN ION2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
SATURN L2002003
SATURN L3002003, 2004, 2005
SATURN LS2002

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V7010002015-10-26. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
20155012015-10-23. Engine
15V2010002015-04-06. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
20151452015-04-02. Engine
20091052009-04-08. Engine
09V1160002009-04-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
08V1180002008-03-12. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
20080812008-03-05. Engine

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

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