Buick Skylark 1978–2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 3253 · NHTSA communication 10017096 · issued Oct 24, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1978–2006
model years
59
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicle will not move in either direction. Transmission may show over full. P90 4t40e 4t45e no movement drive or reverse. Converter may be empty of fluid. *tt
Vehicles covered
- 1996 Buick Skylark
- 1997 Buick Skylark
- 1998 Buick Skylark
- 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier
- 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt
- 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu
- 1978 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx
- 1996 Oldsmobile Achieva
- 1998 Oldsmobile Alero
- 1999 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2000 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2001 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2002 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2003 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2004 Oldsmobile Alero
- 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
- 1997 Pontiac Grand AM
- 1998 Pontiac Grand AM
- 1999 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2000 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2002 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2003 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2004 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2005 Pontiac Grand AM
- 1996 Pontiac Sunfire
- 1997 Pontiac Sunfire
- 1998 Pontiac Sunfire
- 1999 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2000 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2001 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2002 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2003 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2005 Pontiac Sunfire
- 2005 Saturn Ion
- 2006 Saturn Ion
- 2005 Saturn Vue
- 2006 Saturn Vue
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.