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Service bulletin 020730012

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 id632331
Published by NHTSA2002-07-12
Manufacturer's number020730012
Manufacturer's date2002-03-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON THE HYDRA-MATIC 5L40E TRANSMISSION. *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
CADILLAC CTS2003

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

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