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Service bulletin 200301

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 id619238
Published by NHTSA2001-05-21
Manufacturer's number200301
Manufacturer's date2001-03-20
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION FOR OLDSMOBILE AND PONTIAC DEALERS CONCERNING REPAIRS TO SUSPENSION KNUCKLES FOR NOISE, ABNORMAL PERFORMANCE AND / OR STRIP CALIPER BRACKETING MOUNTING BOLTS ON CERTAIN 1999 THROUGH 2001 VEHICLES. *TT

The document

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Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
OLDSMOBILE ALERO1999, 2000, 2001
PONTIAC GRAND AM1999, 2000, 2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V1160002000-04-18. SUSPENSION:REAR

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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