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Service bulletin 020730008

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id629436
Published by NHTSA2002-04-02
Manufacturer's number020730008
Manufacturer's date2002-02-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES UPON ACCELERATING AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE, A VIBRATION CAN BE HEARD AND FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL, SEAT AND FLOOR. *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

Vehicles listed
BUICK LESABRE2001

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

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