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Service bulletins for the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu

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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
0302320492004-01-07. Service bulletin. STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. RELEASE OF NEW OUTER TIE ROD ENDS FOR SERVICE. *TT
020730022B2004-01-07. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0716 AND / OR P0717, P0730, P0753, P0758, P1860, P1887 OR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSMISSION TROUBLE CODES SET. *TT
030730012A2004-01-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSAXLE OR TRANSMISSION SLIPS, WON'T SHIFT, NO REVERSE, 2ND, 3RD OR OVERDRIVE, ERRATIC SHIFTS. *TT
014322003-12-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION POOR ACCELERATION, PERFORMANCE. *TT
000089008B2003-12-01. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY WANT TO TOW THEIR VEHICLE BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH ALL FOUR TIRES ONT HE GROUND. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING RECREATIONAL (DINGHY) TOWING FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES INCLUDING 1988-2004 CHEVROLET AND GMC LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS. *TT
0613032003-10-29. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. A REVIEW OF WARRANTY DATA AND PARTS SENT BACK TO THE WARRANTY PARTS CENTER INDICATES THAT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS ARE BEING REPLACED FOR PRESALE LOT ROT CORROSION ISSUES. *TT
0522032003-10-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. COMPLAINTS OF INTERMITTENT VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH NO MULTIPLE CODES SET. THE VEHICLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESTART. THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION WAS THAT OVER BUMPS THE MASS AND WEIGHT OF THE CUSTOMER'S KEY RING FORCES THE DASH MOUNTED KEY LOCK CYLINDER SWITCH OUT ITS SWITCH DETENT AND ALLOWS THE KEY TO ROTATE BACK FROM THE ON POSITION TOWARDS THE ACCESSORY POSITION. *TT
0308670042003-09-30. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. PARTS AVAILABILITY FOR SUNROOF REPAIRS. *TT
0103032003-09-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION USED WHEN SERVICING THE DRIVE AXLE NUT. *TT
0220032003-09-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). REPEAT CONDITION OF THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM), DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0130, WHICH IS PCM DETECTED TO LOOP STATUS WAS OPEN TOO LONG. ENGINEERING WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT ANY VEHICLE BEFORE THE ACTUAL REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS LEADS TO REPLACING AN OXYGEN SENSOR TO REPAIR THE CONDITION. *TT
0218032003-09-05. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. METAL RATTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. CAUSED BY A LOOSE ATTACHMENT SPRING CLIP AT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HOSE BRACKET. THIS CLIP IS SECURED PROPERLY, BUT MAY NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH SPRING TENSION, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO RATTLE AGAINST THE BRACKET. *TT
0213032003-09-05. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. FRONT WHEEL BEARING REPLACEMENT. *TT
0307300212003-08-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. NEUTRAL FLARE AND/OR RPM FLARE WHILE IN DRIVE, NO 1-2 UPSHIFT, SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P1810, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1815 SET. *TT
0306040302003-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MULTIPLE DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOMS OF LONG OR HARD STARTS, CHUGGLE, ROUGH IDLE AND LIGHT OR INTERMITTENT MISFIRE DUE TO CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS. *TT
0311032003-07-25. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. COMPLAINTS THAT ARE ROOT CAUSED TO THE FUEL MODULE AND COMPLAINTS OF GAUGE ACCURACY THAT ARE ROOT CAUSED TO THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. *TT *JB
0306032003-07-24. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. LIGHT ON THE RECIRCULATION BUTTON GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY OR THE LIGHT ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER BUTTON GOES OFF. *TT *JB
0226032003-07-23. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT. *TT *JB
0306010102003-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. *TT
000523002B2003-04-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. FRONT DISC BRAKE PULSATION. *TT
0207300502003-03-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. ENGINEERING CHANGES TO THE VALVE BODY, PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE, 2-3 ACCUMULATOR VALVE AND BORE FOR 2002-2003 MODEL YEAR 4T45E TRANSAXLES AND SUBSEQUENT OVERHAUL PROCEDURES WHICH AFFECT 1995-2001 MODEL YEAR TRANSAXLES. *TT
2106022002-11-21. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION REGARDING THE BRAKE ALIGN KIT. *TT
2006022002-11-21. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT A STOP AND / OR TAIL LAMP MAY NOT WORK CORRECTLY OR THAT THE LAMP ASSEMBLY HAS WATER IN IT. *TT
020152002-11-12. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. SUBJECT REGARDING FIELD ACTION 02015 REGARDING VEHICLES WHICH FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DUE TO LEFT LOW BEAM HEADLAMP NOT MEETING CERTAIN PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. *TT
0516022002-11-12. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ABOUT A METAL BUMPING OR BANGING TYPE NOISE OVER BUMPS UNDER THE FRONT SUSPENSION AREA OF THE VEHICLE. *TT
0515022002-11-12. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON REPEAT BRAKE PULSATION AFTER AN INITIAL BRAKE REPAIR. *TT

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