{"nhtsa_id":609773,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-04-10","date":"1999-12-01","document_id":"99095","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SUBJECT REGARDING CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L ENGINES AND BUILT BETWEEN 11/23/99 AND 12/3/99 MAY HAVE ENGINE CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS WHICH MAY FAIL PREMATURELY IF THE VEHICLE IS SUBJECTED TO HIGH ENGINE SPEED OPERATION AT LOW MILEAGE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/609773","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CAVALIER","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_chevrolet_cavalier"]},{"make":"OLDSMOBILE","model":"ALERO","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_oldsmobile_alero"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"GRAND AM","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_pontiac_grand-am"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"SUNFIRE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_pontiac_sunfire"]}],"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":[]}