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Service bulletins for the 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette

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.

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

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9709017316121998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. A METAL STUD MAY PUNCTURE THE CARPETING NEAR THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. *YC
9709017310621998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. VARIOUS POWER SLIDING SIDE DOOR CONDITIONS. *YC
9709017390171998-03-30. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. LOSS OF OWNER CUSTOMIZATION SETTINGS.
9711017334061998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS OF "LOOSE LUMBER" NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *YC
9711017390091998-03-30. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME MAY COMMENT ON THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) SYSTEM HAVING INADEQUATE RANGE OR THE SYSTEM IS INTERMITTENT/INOPERATIVE IN HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. *YC
9708017310571997-11-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. HOTLINE INFORMATION REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR SLIDING DOOR BODY AND REAR QUARTER WINDOW ITCH. *YC
9705017350111997-11-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. CONCERNS WITH SQUEALING AND GRINDING NOISES COMING FROM FRONT BRAKES. *YC
7311021997-08-21. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. LOSS OF HVAC MODES (ROUTE VACUUM LINE INSIDETHE FRAME RAIL). *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
7350111997-08-21. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. SQUEALING AND/OR GRINDING (SCRAPING) NOISE FROM FRONT BRAKES (BEND ABS SPEED SENSOR BRACKET AWAY FROM ROTOR). *TW
7362121997-08-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. ENGINE COOLANT WEEPING FROM COOLANT RECOVERY RESERVOIR CAP. *TW
7311031997-08-21. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. AIR TEMPERATURE FROM HVAC OUTLETS DOES NOT CHANGE OR BLOWS COLD (REPLACE TEMPERATURE VALVE DOOR). *TW
7350101997-08-14. Service bulletin. PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE. CLICKING AND/OR SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES (ADJUST PARK BRAKE CABLE). *TW
7390091997-07-24. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) RANGE IS SHORTER THAN EXPECTED. *TW
7310531997-07-24. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. CRACK AT CENTER TOP OF WINDSHIELD (REPLACE WINDSHIELD). *TW
577106A1997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. COLD START RATTLE NOISE (DIAGNOSIS/SERVICE PROCEDURE). *TW
7334021997-06-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. THUD/CLUNK NOISE FROM REAR SUSPENSION (CHECK/REPLACE REAR SPRINGS). *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
6760041997-06-27. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES. ENGINE NOISE IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT (REMOVE ACCELERATOR CABLE RETAINING CLIPS). *TW
577106A1997-05-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. COLD START RATTLE NOISE. *TW
6315181997-05-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. RATTLE AT REAR OF VEHICLE OVER ROAD BUMP OR UPON CLOSING REAR LIFT GATE. *TW

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