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Service bulletin 290801

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 id620846
Published by NHTSA2001-08-31
Manufacturer's number290801
Manufacturer's date2001-08-29
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING PCM CONNECTORS MAY NOT BE FULLY SEATED TO THE PCM. *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, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2002
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2002

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

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