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Service bulletin 3724

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 id10019856
Published by NHTSA2006-05-05
Manufacturer's number3724
Replaces3724C
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER

NHTSA's summary

NO DRIVE OR REVERSE;TCC SHUDDER; NOISE WITH TCC APPLIED, IF 4T65E AND V8 APPLICATION REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER. *AK

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, Automatic transmission, Torque converter

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET IMPALA2005
CHEVROLET IMPALA (GMX 211)2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2005, 2006
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2005, 2006

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

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