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Service bulletin PI1217

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 id10135203
Published by NHTSA2018-05-07
Manufacturer's numberPI1217
Manufacturer's date2014-04-15
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This preliminary bulletin provides a way to aid the technician in diagnosing transmission fluid leaking from the trans breather vent.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
BUICK CENTURY1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
BUICK CENTURY2003, 2004, 2005
BUICK LACROSSE2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
BUICK LESABRE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BUICK LESABRE2006
BUICK LUCERNE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BUICK PARK AVENUE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BUICK REGAL1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
BUICK RENDEZVOUS2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
BUICK RIVIERA1997, 1998, 1999
BUICK TERRAZA2005, 2006
CHEVROLET IMPALA2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET LUMINA1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
CHEVROLET MALIBU2006, 2007
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
CHEVROLET UPLANDER2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
CHEVROLET VENTURE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
OLDSMOBILE AURORA1997, 1998, 1999
OLDSMOBILE AURORA2001, 2002
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS1997
OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
PONTIAC AZTEK2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
PONTIAC G62006, 2007, 2008, 2009
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
PONTIAC MONTANA2000
PONTIAC MONTANA2002, 2003, 2004
PONTIAC MONTANA2005 to 2008
PONTIAC MONTANA EXT2002, 2003, 2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT1998
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT1999
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT2001
SATURN RELAY2005, 2006, 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
20141602014-05-01. Powertrain
14V2240002014-04-30. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
20123072012-09-18. Powertrain
12V4600002012-09-18. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
09V0730002009-03-06. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
19990801999-05-06. Powertrain
99V0890001999-04-26. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
98V1310001998-06-11. 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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08-07-30-035H2024-06-07. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information on the harmful effects of water or ethylene glycol in transmission fluid.
15-00-89-004G2024-05-15. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides technicians with information to help identify the differences between what is considered a fluid leak, and what is considered fluid seepage.
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