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Service bulletins for the 2002 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.

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

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004342004-06-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE WILL CRANK BUT NOT START, ALSO MAKES NOISE WHILE CRANKING. 2.2 L61 ENGINE. *TT
019952004-05-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. REPLACING A 02 OR 03 2.2L L61 WITH A 04 2.2L L61 ENGINE REPLACEMENT.*MR
030642004-03-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE - OBD SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. *TT
015272004-02-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. A WHISTLE TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SIT BULLETIN 1406534. *TT
015562004-02-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT RUN. *TT
03-06-01-0102004-01-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. *TT GM REMINDER. *TT INSTALL NEW LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. UPDATED 7/18/08 *PE
0711032003-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. THIS VME MESSAGE CONCERNS A CYLINDER BORELINER TOOL NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE L61 2.2 LITER ENGINE. THE TOOL IS REFERENCED IN SERVICE BULLETIN 030601018. THE PURPOSE OF THE TOOL IS TO EXTEND THE TOTAL SERVICE LIFE OF THE BLOCK. *TT
0710032003-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. THIS VME MESSAGE IS A WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT DUE TO A KNOWN CAM DRIVELINE. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY QUESTION ABOUT WHINE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT ENGINE AREA. *TT
0715032003-10-31. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. COOLANT LOSE, EVIDENCE FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, ETC., OR COOLANT WARNING LIGHT COMING ON. *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
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
0306010182003-08-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. NEW CYLINDER BORE LINER REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. *TT
0306010102003-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. *TT
2106022002-11-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH THE 2.2 LITER OR 3.4 LITER ENGINE MAY HAVE A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT ABOUT INTERMITTENT DRIVABILITY ISSUES, WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND OR MORE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MOUDLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. *TT
0206010142002-10-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING REVISED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD INSTALLATION. *TT
0208450022002-10-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INTERMITTENT STALL, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND LOOSE GROUND G103. *TT
0206040452002-09-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING REVISED DTC P0327 - THIS BULLETIN IS BEING ISSUED TO REVISE STEP 3 OF DTC P0327 IN THE ENGINE CONTROLS. NLM
020202002-09-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM - ENGINE CYLINDER BORE LINER. *TT
1601022002-04-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE ENGINE LAGS POWER, STALLS, WON'T START OR IS HARD TO START. *TT
2210012002-03-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES SUCH AS ROUGH RUNNING, MISS FIRES OR A NO START CONDITION. *TT
011302001-11-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN BULLETIN #01060 - VALVE SPRINGS REPLACEMENT. *TT
010602001-11-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN VALVE SPRING REPLACEMENT. *JG
010602001-11-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING REPLACEMENT VALVE SPRINGS. *JG
01060A2001-11-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION REGARDING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN REPLACEMENT OF VALVE SPRINGS . *JG

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