# Service bulletin 876002A

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: 615073
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-12\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 876002A
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-07\-01
- Replaces: 876002
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME V6 ENGINES MAY, ON A VERY INFREQUENT BASIS, HAVE AN OIL ODOR CONDITION THAT IS GENERALLY ENCOUNTERED AFTER THE ENGINE'S OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED.TYPICALLY THE ODOR LASTS APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILES AFTER THE CHANGE OF OIL AND THEN DOES NOT REAPPEAR UNTIL THE NEXT CHANGE OF OIL. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1994 to 1998 BUICK CENTURY
- 1990 to 1996 BUICK REGAL
- 1994 to 1997 BUICK SKYLARK
- 1990 to 1996 CHEVROLET APV
- 1990 to 1996 CHEVROLET BERETTA
- 1990 to 1995 CHEVROLET CAMARO
- 1990 to 1994 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
- 1990 to 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA
- 1990 to 1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA
- 1997 to 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU
- 1995 to 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
- 1997 to 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE
- 1994 to 1997 OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA
- 1991 to 1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS
- 1997 to 1998 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS
- 1990 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME
- 1994 to 1997 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME
- 1990 to 1998 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
- 1990 to 1995 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
- 1994 to 1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM
- 1990 to 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX
- 1990 to 1994 PONTIAC SUNBIRD
- 1992 to 1998 PONTIAC TRANS AM
- 1990 to 1991 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [15V701000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V701000.md), 2015-10-26: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- [2015501](/recalls/tc/2015501.md), 2015-10-23: Engine
- [2009105](/recalls/tc/2009105.md), 2009-04-08: Engine
- [09V116000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V116000.md), 2009-04-08: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- [08V118000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V118000.md), 2008-03-12: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- [2008081](/recalls/tc/2008081.md), 2008-03-05: Engine
- [1999083](/recalls/tc/1999083.md), 1999-05-12: Engine
- [1998021](/recalls/tc/1998021.md), 1998-02-04: Engine
- [1996099](/recalls/tc/1996099.md), 1996-07-11: Engine
- [1994055](/recalls/tc/1994055.md), 1994-03-15: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [130089009](/bulletins/10246631.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\). Expanded Availability for Remanufacture and Return \(R\&R\) Electronic Control Modules
- [08\-06\-04\-019](/bulletins/10024787.md), 2008-05-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. L67 ENGINE OIL SMELL OR ODOR, LEAK AT LEFT OR FRONT VALVE COVER \(REPLACE VALVE COVER GASKET, GROMMENTS AND SPARK PLUG WIRE RETAINERS FOR CYLINDERS 1\-3\-5\). \*NJ UPDATED 7/25/2008 \*PE
- [040601021](/bulletins/10012148.md), 2005-02-15, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. NEW REAR MAIN SEAL AND SPECIAL TOOL FOR INSTALLATION. \*TT
- [3115](/bulletins/10009950.md), 2004-11-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD COOLANT LEAK. \*SC
- [10172002](/bulletins/10009489.md), 2004-10-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE STARTS AND IMMEDIATELY STALLS AND THEN CAN BE RESTARTED AND WILL RUN NORMALLY. \*TT
- [040601017](/bulletins/10008471.md), 2004-08-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. NEW UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET KITS. \*TT
- [000604049B](/bulletins/10005145.md), 2004-02-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO VIN BREAKPOINT 1F136536 MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP / SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR ILLUMINATION; ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION; STALL / NO START CONDITION; VARIOUS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES; AND / OR VARIOUS DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS. \*TT
- [03\-06\-01\-010](/bulletins/10004768.md), 2004-01-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. \*TT GM REMINDER. \*TT INSTALL NEW LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. UPDATED 7/18/08 \*PE
- [031403](/bulletins/10001917.md), 2003-07-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. INSTALLING A NEW AIR PUMP TO CORRECT EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS WHICH MAY FAIL TO OPERATE AND CAUSE THE MALE FUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\), TO ILLUMINATE. \*TT 8JB
- [030601010](/bulletins/10001282.md), 2003-04-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. \*TT

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