Service bulletins for the 2001 Oldsmobile Alero
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.
397 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 01031 | 2001-05-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE TRANSAXLE CONVERTER PUMP TO STATOR BEARING MAY PREMATURELY FAIL, DUE TO A RAISED METAL CONDITION ON THE BEARING SURFACE ON THE INSIDE OF THE PUMP COVER. *TT |
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| 010523005 | 2001-05-24. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO PROPER INSTALLATION OF FRONT BRAKE PADS WITH WEAR INDICATOR. *TT |
| 010604007A | 2001-05-24. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME ONWERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR LAMP HAS COME ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0442 FOUND. *TT |
| 01031 | 2001-05-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L ENGINE AND 4T40-E AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE TRANSAXLE CONVERTER PUMP TO STATOR BEARING MAY PREMATURELY FAIL DUE TO A RAISED METAL CONDITION ON THE BEARING SURFACE ON THE INSIDE OF THE PUMP COVER. *TT |
| 200301 | 2001-05-21. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. INFORMATION FOR OLDSMOBILE AND PONTIAC DEALERS CONCERNING REPAIRS TO SUSPENSION KNUCKLES FOR NOISE, ABNORMAL PERFORMANCE AND / OR STRIP CALIPER BRACKETING MOUNTING BOLTS ON CERTAIN 1999 THROUGH 2001 VEHICLES. *TT |
| 200301 | 2001-05-21. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. INFORMATION UPDATE ON THE SUBJECT OF SCRAPING, GRINDING, BRAKE OR BEARING LIKE NOISE FROM THE FRONT TIRE AREA. *TT |
| 130301 | 2001-05-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXPERIENCING A NO CRANK NO START, CRANK NO START, NO START OR A START DOESN'T RUN THAT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT AND / OR A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT. *TT |
| 290301 | 2001-05-18. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGARDING CAMPAIGN INSPECTION PROCEDURE TO RELEASE VEHICLES FROM THE STOP DELIVERY OF CERTAIN 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L ENGINES AND 4T40-E FOUR-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLES. *TT |
| 230301 | 2001-05-18. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. STOP DELIVERY OF CERTAIN 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L ENGINES AND 4T40-E FOUR-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE - PART 2 OF 2. *TT |
| 230301 | 2001-05-18. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. STOP DELIVERY OF CERTAIN 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L ENGINE AND 4T40-E FOUR-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE - PART 1 OF 2. *TT |
| 010604008 | 2001-05-17. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. SOME VEHICLES INCLUDING MY2001 TOYOTA CAVALIER MAY EXPERIENCE INACCURATE OR ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE READINGS. IT MAY APPEAR FROM THE GAUGE READING THAT THERE IS FUEL AVAILABLE, YET THE TANK IS NEARLY EMPTY. *TT |
| 190101 | 2001-04-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION ON DIAGNOSING SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON AND CODE P0442 SET CONDITION. *TT |
| 201200 | 2001-04-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION CONCERNING VEHICLES THAT HAVE A INPUT SPEED SENSOR CODE P0716, P0717 CONDITION. *TT |
| 010101 | 2001-04-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH 4T40E / 4T45E FOUR SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLES WITH ATF LEAKS AT EITHER THE COOLER LINE SEALS OR AT ONE OR BOTH AXLE SEALS. *JB |
| 00101 | 2001-04-04. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE. *JB |
| 010522001 | 2001-04-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CLUNK, RATTLE NOISE FROM THE UNDERBODY OR FRONT SUSPENSION. *JB |
| 121200 | 2001-03-27. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON A BRAKE PEDAL RATTLE OR CLUNK. *TT |
| 00091 | 2001-03-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FROM 5TH GEAR TO REVERSE, A SHIFT INHIBITOR CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO BE MECHANICALLY IN 4TH GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFT LEVER INDICATES REVERSE GEAR. *TT |
| 00101 | 2001-03-26. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT CERTAIN J AND N MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PLASTIC FUEL TANKS MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS INCORRECT READINGS. *TT |
| 031100 | 2001-03-14. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. SUBJECT REGARDING CONCERNS OF DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR VIBRATION. *TT |
| 00091 | 2001-03-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE MANUAL TRANSAXLE SHIFTER. *TT |
| 000604037 | 2000-12-05. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED AND THAT WHILE THE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ARE EXTREMELY HARSH. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.