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Service bulletins for the 1997 Pontiac Sunfire

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.

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

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980632000-12-28. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. PRODUCT RECALL CAMPAIGN TO REPLACE THE REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM FASTENERS ON VEHICLES HAVING A CONDITION WHICH COULD RESULT IN ONE OF THE REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM BOLTS BREAKING. *TT
0008490062000-10-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. EXHIBITING A RATTLE TYPE NOISE FROM GLOVE BOX DOOR OR KEY LOCK CYLINDER. *TT
0008490032000-10-13. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. EXPERIENCING A RATTLE / SQUEAK IN RIGHT SIDE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR TRIM PANEL SCRATCHED OR RIGHT SIDE END OF INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTACTING DOOR TRIM PANEL. *TT
0005240012000-07-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION REGARDING SNOW INTRUSION INTO REAR DRUM BRAKE ASSEMBLIES. **MR
731060B2000-04-07. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. CONVERTIBLE TOP COVER SHOWS WEAR OR PERMANENT DAMAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS. YD
9907300302000-03-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRA-MATIC 3T40, 4T60 OR 4T60-E TRANSXALES MAY COMMENT ON A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN IN PARK ON INCLINE. *TT
9908640262000-01-11. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. ON SOME CONVERTIBLE MODELS, THE DOOR RATTLES WHEN CLOSING. *TT
9901380031999-11-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.2L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A ENGINE / TRANSMISSION WHINE AT 2800 - 32000 RPM. *TT
9908640151999-11-23. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES. CONCERNS WITH THE LEFT HAND MANUAL MIRROR NOT ADJUSTING WHEN THE ADJUSTMENT LEVER IS MOVED. *TT
VSS199900201999-10-26. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SUBJECT REGARDING REQUEST FOR CUSTOMER COMPLAINT VEHICLES WHICH HAVE A FRONT BRAKE SQUEAK / SQUEAL NOISE COMPLAINT. *TT
9903080041999-09-29. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO FRONT AND / OR REAR STABILIZER SHAFT SQUAWK / SQUEAK NOISE. *TT
9909400011999-08-31. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS. CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE FRONT SEAT SHOULDER BELT PLASTIC COVER WILL NOT STAY SNAPPED IN PLACE ON COUPE MODELS ONLY. *TT
9908500071999-08-27. Service bulletin. SEATS. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THERE IS A BULGE IN THE MATERIAL ON THE TOP BACKSIDE OF EITHER FRONT BUCKET SEAT. *TT
9908570191999-08-06. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. CONDITIONS WITH WATER LEAK AT FRONT HEADER. *TT
636604C1999-03-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. COMMENTS THAT A METALLIC NOISE OR COLD RAP HEARD ON COLD EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TT
8315221999-02-02. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. REAR COMPARTMENT (TRUNK) LID LATCH DIFFICULT TO UNLOCK / OPEN. *YC
987310691999-01-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. A RATTLE COMING FROM THE DOOR(S) WHEN THE DOOR WINDOW GLASS IS LOWERED. *YC
988364161998-08-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. CONDITIONS REGARDING WEAK OR DISCHARGED BATTERY, SLOW STARTING, GEN OR MIL LAMP ON, VARIOUS DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOMS. *YC
98636604B1998-08-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. COMMENTS THAT A METALLIC NOISE ON COLD EXHAUST SYSTEMS. *TT
98731616A1998-07-01. Service bulletin. SEATS. SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC
98876121A1998-06-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLATTERING NOISE AT IDLE SPEED ORIGINATING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN AND FRONT COVER AREA. *YC
98636604A1998-06-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT THAT A METALLIC NOISE OR
98731060A1998-05-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. COMMENTS ON THE CONVERTIBLE TOP COVER SHOWING WEAR OR PERMANENT DAMAGE. *YC
7350181998-04-29. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. COMMENTS THAT THE REAR BRAKES MAY DRAG/HEAT UP OR REAR OF CAR IS SQUATTING DUE TO AGGRESSIVE REAR BRAKE. *YC
9710017315081998-04-20. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. COMMENTS THAT THE DECK LID WILL NOT OPEN WHEN THE INTERIOR REMOTE RELEASE HANDLE IS PULLED. *YC

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