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Pontiac Vibe 2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin 280202 · NHTSA communication 629850 · issued Feb 28, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2003
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Owners may comment that their transmission shifts too early when accelerating at full throttle when the engine is cold. *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.