# Service bulletin 970501777160

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 53022
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-11\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 970501777160
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT

## NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCING HARSH ENGAGEMENT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. \*YC

## 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

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE
- 1997 BUICK RIVIERA
- 1997 OLDSMOBILE 88
- 1997 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
- 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PI1217](/bulletins/10135203.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This preliminary bulletin provides a way to aid the technician in diagnosing transmission fluid leaking from the trans breather vent.
- [000730002B](/bulletins/634985.md), 2002-10-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CONCERNS WITH SLIPS, HARSH UPSHIFT OR GARAGE SHIFTS, LAUNCH SHUDDERS, FLARES, ERRATIC SHIFTS AND INTERMITTENT CONCERNS, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1811 OR P0748 SET. \*TT
- [010730032B](/bulletins/628928.md), 2002-03-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON A TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. \*TT UPDATED \*EH
- [990730030A](/bulletins/619370.md), 2001-05-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OWNERS OF SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRA\-MATIC 3T40, 4T60, 4T60\-E OR 4T65\-E TRANSAXLES MAY COMMENT ON A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN STANDING IN PARK ON A HILL OR SLOPE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE PARKING BRAKE NOT APPLIED. \*TT
- [990730030](/bulletins/6089996.md), 2000-03-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRA\-MATIC 3T40, 4T60 OR 4T60\-E TRANSXALES MAY COMMENT ON A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN IN PARK ON INCLINE. \*TT
- [877175](/bulletins/602979.md), 1999-01-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME COMMENTS ON VEHICLE SURGE. \*YC
- [10001](/bulletins/601769.md), 1998-08-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION ON GROWLING NOISE IN TRANSAXLE DURING FIRST FOUR MINUTES AFTER START UP. \*YC
- [98737104A](/bulletins/601408.md), 1998-08-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CONCERNS OF NOISE/VIBRATION/GROWL FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE ON RIGHT TURNS OR HARD ACCELERATION. \*YC
- [98777155A](/bulletins/601052.md), 1998-06-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. EXPERIENCING A TRANSAXLE GEAR WHINE NOISE ON COAST DOWN OR LIGHT ACCELERATION BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH. \*YC
- [97080177715F](/bulletins/54421.md), 1998-04-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. EXPERIENCE A TRANSAXLE GEAR WHINE NOISE ON COAST DOWN OR LIGHT ACCELERATION. \*YC

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