# Service bulletin 000138011A

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 634989
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-10\-11
- Manufacturer's number: 000138011A
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-04\-01
- Replaces: 000138011
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING POOR HEAT WITH COLD OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES AT LOW ENGINE RPM. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE
- 1997 to 1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
- 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA
- 1997 to 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT
- 1999 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [98V072000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V072000.md), 1998-04-07: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [000138011B](/bulletins/634973.md), 2002-10-10, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. SUBJECT REGARDING POOR HEAT WITH COLD OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES AT LOW ENGINE RPM. \*TT
- [020858005](/bulletins/634674.md), 2002-10-04, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. CONCERNS WITH WIND NOISE AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD. \*TT
- [141101](/bulletins/628126.md), 2002-03-05, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. INFORMATION ON WIND NOISE FROM OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS. \*TT
- [000138011](/bulletins/617725.md), 2001-03-24, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON POOR HEAT IN THE VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AT LOW ENGINE RPM. THIS CONDITION IS MOST PREVALENT AT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES BELOW 0 DEGREES C \(32 DEGREES F\). \*TT
- [000851001](/bulletins/6092333.md), 2000-12-05, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE BLACK PLASTIC HOUSING AROUND THE OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR TURNS CHALKY OR IS DULL IN COLOR. \*TT
- [000864007](/bulletins/614385.md), 2000-10-13, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE FRONT DOOR GLASS IS SLOW OR NOISY WHEN MOVING UP OR DOWN OR THE WINDOW IS INOPERATIVE. \*TT
- [000138001](/bulletins/609700.md), 2000-04-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON A LACK OF PERFORMANCE OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN HOT HUMID WEATHER. \*TT
- [831220](/bulletins/609596.md), 2000-04-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. A/C COMPRESSOR CLUTCH IS ENGAGED. THIS CONDITION IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN ENGINE IS AROUND THE 1000\-2000 RPM RANGE. THE NOISE MAY BE LODEST WHEN THE ENGINE IS UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION THROUGH THIS RPM RANGE. THE MOAN NOISE MAY BE CREATED BY COMPRESSOR PULSES WHICH SET UP A SYSTEM RESONANCE BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR AND THE IN\-LINE MUFFLER.
- [99016](/bulletins/607995.md), 1999-10-27, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. \*TT
- [99048](/bulletins/607603.md), 1999-09-30, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. CONCERNS WITH A SOFTWARE ERROR IN THE POWER SLIDING DOOR CONTROL MODULE. \*TT

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