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Service bulletin 3980

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 id10021695
Published by NHTSA2007-06-15
Manufacturer's number3980
Replaces3980A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

HARD TO SHIFT AND OR SLIPPING CLUTCH. *KB

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, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COBALT2007
CHEVROLET HHR2007
PONTIAC G52007
PONTIAC SOLSTICE2007
SATURN ION2007
SATURN SKY2007
SATURN VUE2007

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
030729004L2019-05-20. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides normal operating characteristics and diagnostic information on Manual transmissions.
03-07-29-004J2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information to assist in identifying operating characteristics of manual transmissions that repair attempts will not change.
PIP3982D2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a difficulty shifting into reverse or blocked shifts on the Aisin Regular Production Option Code MA5 manual transmission. Dealer should communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle.
SB-03-07-29-004K2016-08-06. Service bulletin. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF A MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
PIP-46742010-07-23. Service bulletin. CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN: BLOCKED SHIFT, GEAR HOP OUT 1ST, 3RD, 5TH GEAR OR DIFFICULTY SHIFTING. THE SHIFT LEVER ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS ROLL PIN CAN BACK OUT AND CONTACT THE SHIFT COVER DURING A SHIFT EVENT. THIS CAN CAUSE AN INCOMPLETE, BLOCKED SHIFT OR DIFFICULTY SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION. *PE
0707290012007-04-27. Service bulletin. MG3, M86 TRANSAXLE GRINDING/WHINING NOISE IN 3RD OR 4TH GEAR, EXCESSIVE ENGAGEMENT OR DISENGAGEMENT EFFORT WHILE SHIFTING INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO EITHER 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. (REPLACE COMPLETE OUTPUT SHAFT ASSEMBLY). *KB
39492007-01-10. Service bulletin. SURGE WHILE CRUISING AT 30 MPH AND 2000 RPM. *KB
39322006-10-26. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK SLIPPING CLUTCH OR BROKEN AXLE SHAFT. *KB