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Service bulletins for the 1998 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.

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

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Only bulletins with component: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

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0707300252008-02-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON 4T40-E (MN4) AND 4T45-E (MN5) FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY RECONDITIONING, DTC P0741, P0742, P0751, P0752, P0756, P0757, P1811, HARSH SHIFTS, SLIPS, NO DRIVE, NO REVERSE. *NJ
32532005-10-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. TRANSMISSION MAY SHOW OVER FULL. P90 4T40E 4T45E NO MOVEMENT DRIVE OR REVERSE. CONVERTER MAY BE EMPTY OF FLUID. *TT
34472005-10-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. 4T40E OR 4T45E WILL NOT SHIFT NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. *TT
030730021A2004-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEUTRAL FLARE AND/OR RPM FLARE WHILE IN DRIVE, NO 1-2 UPSHIFT, SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P1810, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1815 SET. *TT
0307300212003-08-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. NEUTRAL FLARE AND/OR RPM FLARE WHILE IN DRIVE, NO 1-2 UPSHIFT, SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P1810, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1815 SET. *TT
0207300502003-03-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. ENGINEERING CHANGES TO THE VALVE BODY, PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE, 2-3 ACCUMULATOR VALVE AND BORE FOR 2002-2003 MODEL YEAR 4T45E TRANSAXLES AND SUBSEQUENT OVERHAUL PROCEDURES WHICH AFFECT 1995-2001 MODEL YEAR TRANSAXLES. *TT
990730030A2001-05-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OWNERS OF SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRA-MATIC 3T40, 4T60, 4T60-E OR 4T65-E TRANSAXLES MAY COMMENT ON A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN STANDING IN PARK ON A HILL OR SLOPE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE PARKING BRAKE NOT APPLIED. *TT
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
988771661998-08-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. COMMENTS ON A DELAYED, SLOW OR NO SECOND TO THIRD GEAR UPSHIFT. *YC
988771661998-08-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME OWNERS OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL POPULATION MAY COMMENT ON A DELAYED, SLOW OR NO SECOND TO THIRD GEAR UPSHIFT. *YC
980131998-05-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3T40 3-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS A SLOW OR NO SECOND TO THIRD GEAR UPSHIFT. *YC

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