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Service bulletin 000730014

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 id614391
Published by NHTSA2000-10-13
Manufacturer's number000730014
Manufacturer's date2000-07-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

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

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
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2000
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2000

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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0101012001-04-04. Service bulletin. 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
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VSG199900801999-10-27. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING ENGINEERING REQUEST FOR VEHICLES WITH 4T40E AND 4T45E TRANSAXLES WITH A CONDITION OF NO THIRD OR NO FOURTH GEAR. *TT