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Service bulletin 020729001

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 id631218
Published by NHTSA2002-05-21
Manufacturer's number020729001
Manufacturer's date2002-02-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN ON A GRINDING OR RATTLE TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. *SLC

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, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2000, 2001, 2002
OLDSMOBILE ALERO2001, 2002
PONTIAC GRAND AM2001, 2002
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2000, 2001, 2002

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V3720002000-11-13. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

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
2206012001-10-30. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING CUSTOMER COMPLAINT OF A NOTCHY SHIFT FEEL OR DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO GEAR, USUALLY FIRST GEAR, THIRD GEAR OR FIFTH GEAR. *TT
2908012001-08-31. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING MANUAL TRANSMISSION GEAR NOISE. *TT
000912001-03-26. Service bulletin. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FROM 5TH GEAR TO REVERSE, A SHIFT INHIBITOR CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO BE MECHANICALLY IN 4TH GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFT LEVER INDICATES REVERSE GEAR. *TT
2911002001-02-25. Service bulletin. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION RATTLE. *TT