# Service bulletin 990730030

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: 6089996
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-03\-01
- Manufacturer's number: 990730030
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-12\-01
- Replaces: 575113
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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, Axle

## Vehicles listed

- 1992 to 1999 BUICK CENTURY
- 1992 to 1997 BUICK LESABRE
- 1992 to 1996 BUICK PARK AVENUE
- 1992 to 1997 BUICK REGAL
- 1992 to 1993 BUICK RIVIERA
- 1994 BUICK RIVIERA
- 1995 to 1996 BUICK RIVIERA
- 1992 to 1998 BUICK SKYLARK
- 1992 to 1996 CHEVROLET BERETTA
- 1992 to 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
- 1992 to 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA
- 1992 to 1999 CHEVROLET LUMINA
- 1992 to 1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV
- 1996 to 1999 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
- 1997 to 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE
- 1992 to 1997 OLDSMOBILE 88
- 1992 to 1996 OLDSMOBILE 98
- 1992 to 1998 OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA
- 1992 to 1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS
- 1994 to 1997 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME
- 1992 to 1998 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
- 1992 OLDSMOBILE TORONADO
- 1992 to 1997 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
- 1992 to 1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM
- 1992 to 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX
- 1992 to 1994 PONTIAC SUNBIRD
- 1995 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
- 1996 to 2000 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
- 1993 to 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT
- 2001 PREVOST XLII\-40MTH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [020730048](/bulletins/10006166.md), 2004-04-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID REPLACEMENT FOR 4T65\-E, 4T40\-E, AND 4T45\-E TRANSAXLE/TRANSMISSION.\*MR
- [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
- [010101](/bulletins/618106.md), 2001-04-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH 4T40E / 4T45E FOUR SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLES WITH ATF LEAKS AT EITHER THE COOLER LINE SEALS OR AT ONE OR BOTH AXLE SEALS. \*JB
- [000730014](/bulletins/614391.md), 2000-10-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH A HYDRA\-MATIC 3T40 TRANSAXLE \(BUILT BETWEEN JULIAN DATES 9270 \- 9292\) MAY COMMENT THAT THE VEHICLE SLIPS IN REVERSE, NO REVERSE, SLIPS IN D1, OR NO D1 RANGE. \*TT
- [00049](/bulletins/613585.md), 2000-07-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION REGARDING MISMACHINED SEALING SURFACE ON FORWARD CLUTCH HOUSING OF 4T40\-E TRANSAXLE. \*\*MR
- [000730002](/bulletins/611290.md), 2000-06-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH A HYDRA\-MATIC 4T65\-E TRANSAXLE MAY COMMENT ON HARSH UPSHIFTS OR HARSH GARAGE SHIFTS, SOFT SHIFTS, SHUDDERS ON HARD ACCELERATION, OR SHIFTS ERRATIC. \*TT
- [990730031](/bulletins/6089949.md), 2000-02-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME OWNERS OF CERTAIN VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1, 1999 MAY COMMENT ON A NO THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR CONDITION. \*TT
- [VSG19990080](/bulletins/607998.md), 1999-10-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING ENGINEERING REQUEST FOR VEHICLES WITH 4T40E AND 4T45E TRANSAXLES WITH A CONDITION OF NO THIRD OR NO FOURTH GEAR. \*TT
- [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
- [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

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