Pontiac Grand Prix 2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 07012004 · NHTSA communication 10013169 · issued Jul 1, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2004
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Cracks in the structural walls of the front frame assembly right rear body mount bracket. Loads on the bracket during vehicle use could cause failure of the right bracket and both rear body mounts could eventually detach from the frame structure. If this occurred the rear of the frame would drop further possibly causing the steering intermediate shaft to become detached from the rack and pinion steering assembly resulting in a total loss of steering control. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.