{"nhtsa_id":614914,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-12-15","date":"2000-09-01","document_id":"2912217ED3","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES WITHIN CERTAIN VIN RANGES MAY EXHIBIT A STICKING CHECK VALVE FOR THE CRANKCASE VENTILATION, PRESSURIZING THE CRANKCASE, AND FORCING ENGINE OIL INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND / OR THE FLOW OF COOLANT THROUGH THE TURBO UNIT MAY BE REDUCED RESULTING IN THE TEMPERATURE BECOMING SO HIGH THAT THE ENGINE OIL CRYSTALLIZES (BUILDS CARBON DEPOSITS) AROUND THE TURBINE-SIDE BEARING. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/614914","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_saab_9-3","2000_saab_9-3"]}],"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":[]}