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Service bulletins for the 1996 Buick Riviera

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.

44 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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9907300302000-03-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRA-MATIC 3T40, 4T60 OR 4T60-E TRANSXALES MAY COMMENT ON A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN IN PARK ON INCLINE. *TT
9908500212000-02-29. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. A CONDITION WITH THE FRONT SEAT BACK AND / OR SEAT CUSHION HEAT ELEMENT IS NON-FUNCTIONING. *TT
9906030092000-01-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CONDITIONS WITH FLOOR PAN CORROSION PERFORATION IN BATTERY COMPARTMENT. *TT
9902320071999-11-24. Service bulletin. STEERING. THIS BULLETIN ADDRESSES CONCERNS OF STEERING VIBRATION / SHUDDER / MOAN DURING PARKING MANEUVERS ON DRY PAVEMENT. *TT
8330041999-03-08. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING SHAKE / VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, FLOOR, SEAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON SMOOTH ROADS. *YC
8317041999-01-25. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS OF DOOR HANDLES ON WHITE PAINTED VEHICLES TRUNING YELLOW. *YC
100011998-08-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION ON GROWLING NOISE IN TRANSAXLE DURING FIRST FOUR MINUTES AFTER START UP. *YC
98737104A1998-08-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CONCERNS OF NOISE/VIBRATION/GROWL FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE ON RIGHT TURNS OR HARD ACCELERATION. *YC
9709013202B1998-03-30. Service bulletin. STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT STEERING COLUMN SNAP OR CLICK NOISE WHEN TURNING. *YC
9709016116A1998-03-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. COMMENTS OF AN ENGINE OIL LEAK THAT APPEARS TO ORIGINATE TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE; REAR OF ENGINE. *YC
9711016310411998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. COMMENTS ON INOPERATIVE POWER DOOR LOCKS (FRONT AND/OR REAR DOORS).
9711017390151998-03-30. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. COMMENTS ON INSUFFICIENT RANGE OF THE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM. *YC
9705017350191997-11-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST. WHEN BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED FORCE OR ENGINE LOAD MAY AFFECT AND CAUSE VARIOUS NOISES. *YC
6310501997-08-21. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. WAVY OR DIMPLING APPEARANCE IN ROOF PANEL RUNNING FRONT TO BACK OR EXCESSIVE RAIN NOISE (REPLACE CARDBOARD ROOF INSULATOR ADHESIVE). *TW
549001A1997-08-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. CLN INDICATOR APPEARS ON RADIO DISPLAY AND DOES NOT TURN OFF (RESET CLN INDICATOR WITH THE EJECT BUTTON ON TAPE). *TW
7316081997-08-14. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR. EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF ELECTROCHROMIC INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR. *TW
577106A1997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. COLD START RATTLE NOISE (DIAGNOSIS/SERVICE PROCEDURE). *TW
6771641997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INTERMITTENT NEUTRAL OR LOSS OF DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR FROM FOURTH GEAR (REPLACE CONTROL VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY). *TW
577106A1997-05-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. COLD START RATTLE NOISE. *TW

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.