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Service bulletin 08-07-30-016

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 id10025421
Published by NHTSA2008-08-08
Manufacturer's number08-07-30-016
Manufacturer's date2008-04-01
Replaces080730016A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION ON MH1, MN8, MT1, M15 TRANSMISSION SLIPS, WILL NOT SHIFT OR MAY OVERHEAT, SES/MIL MAY BE ILLUMINATED, DTCS P0218, P0894 SET. *PE UPDATED 8/12/08. *PE

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

Trouble codes named

P0218, P0894

Vehicles listed
BUICK ALLURE2006, 2007, 2008
BUICK LACROSSE2006, 2007, 2008
BUICK LUCERNE2006, 2007, 2008
BUICK RENDEZVOUS2006, 2007
BUICK TERRAZA2006, 2007
CADILLAC DTS2006, 2007
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 25002006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2006
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2008
CHEVROLET EXPRESS 15002006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET IMPALA2006, 2007, 2008
CHEVROLET MALIBU2006, 2007
CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2006, 2007
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2006, 2007
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 15002006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET UPLANDER2006, 2007, 2008
GMC SAVANA2006, 2007, 2008
GMC SIERRA2006, 2007
GMC YUKON XL 25002006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PONTIAC G62006, 2007, 2008
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2006, 2007, 2008
PONTIAC MONTANA2006 to 2008
SATURN RELAY2006, 2007

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
14V2240002014-04-30. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
12V4600002012-09-18. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
08V3130002008-07-11. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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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