Buick Lesabre 1995–1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 97080177715F · NHTSA communication 54421 · issued Aug 1, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1995–1998
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
Experience a transaxle gear whine noise on coast down or light acceleration. *yc
Vehicles covered
- 1995 Buick Lesabre
- 1996 Buick Lesabre
- 1997 Buick Lesabre
- 1995 Buick Park Avenue
- 1996 Buick Park Avenue
- 1997 Buick Park Avenue
- 1995 Oldsmobile 88
- 1996 Oldsmobile 88
- 1997 Oldsmobile 88
- 1995 Oldsmobile 98
- 1996 Oldsmobile 98
- 1997 Oldsmobile 98
- 1998 Oldsmobile 98
- 1995 Pontiac Bonneville
- 1996 Pontiac Bonneville
- 1997 Pontiac Bonneville
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.