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Service bulletin 260201

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 id619245
Published by NHTSA2001-05-21
Manufacturer's number260201
Manufacturer's date2001-02-26
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4T65E TRANSMISSION MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION WHERE THE FOURTH CLUTCH IS BURNT UP. *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, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
BUICK CENTURY2000, 2001
BUICK LESABRE2000, 2001
BUICK PARK AVENUE2000, 2001
BUICK REGAL2000, 2001
CHEVROLET IMPALA2000, 2001
CHEVROLET LUMINA2000, 2001
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2000, 2001
CHEVROLET VENTURE2000, 2001
OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE2000, 2001
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE2000, 2001
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2000, 2001
PONTIAC MONTANA2000, 2001

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

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