{"nhtsa_id":52082,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-17","date":"1997-01-01","document_id":"96074","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"RECALL 97V-037 - GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN 1996 BUICK SKYLARK AND PONTIAC GRAND AM MODEL VEHICLES - THE STEERING COLUMN LOWER PINCH BOLT MAY NOT FHAVE BEEN TIGHTENED TO SPECIFIED TORQUE - AN UNDER-TORQUED PINCH BOLT COULD RESULT IN A RATTLE AND LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN - IF THE PINCH BOLT WERE BACKED OUT OF THE JOINT COMPLETELY, ROTATION OF THE STEERING SHAFT AGAINST THE CONNECTOR IN HIGH EFFORT STEERING MANEUVERS COULD CAUSE INCREASING LOOSNESS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING AND A CRASH - TO PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS CONDITION OCCURRING, DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT THE STEERING COLUMN PINCH BOLT FOR CORRECT TORQUE AND IF NECESSARY, TIGHTENTHE BOLT TO SHE SPECIFIC TORQUE - RECALL 97V-037. *TW","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/52082","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-column","name":"Steering column and wheel","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BUICK","model":"SKYLARK","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_buick_skylark"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"GRAND AM","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_pontiac_grand-am"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}