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Service bulletin PIC-3815B

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 id10036064
Published by NHTSA2011-03-10
Manufacturer's numberPIC-3815B
Manufacturer's date2010-08-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; STRUCTURE:BODY

NHTSA's summary

PONTIAC: BCM PIM AND ECM LINKING. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM), POWERTRAIN INTERFACE MODULE (PIM) AND/OR THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) ARE REPLACED, THE NEW MODULES MUST BE SECURITY LINKED TO EACH OTHER. *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

Body and frame, Engine, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
PONTIAC GTO2005, 2006

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

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