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Buick Rainier 2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin 3369 · NHTSA communication 10014907 · issued May 11, 2005

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2005
model years
19
vehicle entries

Official summary

To better understand sprag damage an engineering investigation is being conducted. Typical symptoms include no forward movement in d4 or d3 shift lever position. Movement can be obtained in d2, d1 or reverse. *tt

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.