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Service bulletins for the 2002 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.

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

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PIP52262017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about finding needle bearings during an oil change. Technician will gain access to the roller rockers to inspect them. Only replace the roller rocker that is missing needle bearings. Be sure to clean the oil drains to retrieve the needle bearings. Each roller rocker has 66 bearings.
PIP5163A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block of possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by. Technician will need to inspect the engine for Cylinder damage or scoring, An out of round cylinder bore, Dirt intrusion, and Catalytic Converter failure.
PIP5029G2017-05-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON OR ENGINE MISFIRE, ROUGH IDLE, EXTENDED CRANK, OR CRANK NO START IN SOME CASES. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO PERFORM PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS. IF TECHNICIAN FINDS CARBON, AN UPPER ENGINE AND VALVE CLEANING SHOULD BE PERFORMED.
PI1394A2016-10-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO INSTALL PISTONS AND SUGGEST WHAT TOOLS TO USE.
000601012F2016-10-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION TO GM DEALERS ON THE CORRECT CLEANING METHODS WHEN CLEANING ENGINE GASKET SEALING SURFACES.
0506040022005-04-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. WHISTLE NOISE ON LIGHT ACCELERATION. *EH
0406040242005-03-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WILL NOT PROPERLY COMMUNICATE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC FREEZE FRAME INFORMATION TO NONTECH2 SERVICE OR TEST EQUIPMENT. *EH
021432004-08-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. AWD 2,100-2,400 ENGINE RPM MOAN/BODY BOOM NOISE. SERVICE VME. *TT
013532004-07-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE MISFIRE DUE TO INJECTOR FRETTING CORROSION. *TT
00612A2004-03-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INTERMITTENT CRANK NO START. SIT BULLETIN 1400565. *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
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
0306010102003-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. *TT
0306050032003-04-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. RATTLE OR BUZZ TYPE NOISE FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TT
0206010142002-10-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING REVISED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD INSTALLATION. *TT
0206040142002-07-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING THE ELIMINATION OF THE SERVICE BAY TEST PROCEDURE. *TT
04301022002-04-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING LACK OF POWER. *TT
0108450052002-02-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. HARD START, NO START, STALL, AND/OR FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE OR FLUCTUATES. *YH UPDATED *EH
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.