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Service bulletin 731047

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 id51284
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number731047
Manufacturer's date1997-02-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

HIGH EFFORT NEEDED FOR DOOR OPENING/CLOSING IN COLD WEATHER. *TW

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

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET MALIBU1997
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS1997

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

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