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Service bulletin 0204S003

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 id633944
Published by NHTSA2002-09-26
Manufacturer's number0204S003
Manufacturer's date2002-04-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

REPLACEMENT ODOMETER PROGRAMING. *JG

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
ISUZU AXIOM1998 to 2001
ISUZU AXIOM2002
ISUZU HOMBRE1998, 1999, 2000
ISUZU HOMBRE2001 to 2002
ISUZU RODEO1998
ISUZU RODEO1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
ISUZU RODEO SPORT1998
ISUZU RODEO SPORT1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
ISUZU TROOPER1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
ISUZU VEHICROSS1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19990391999-03-16. Powertrain
98V1800001998-08-03. POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)

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
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