1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette technical service bulletins
89 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications cover the 1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette.
Bulletins tell dealers how to fix known problems. A warranty extension means the manufacturer pays for that repair for longer.
- Fuel system, gasoline
- Equipment: electrical: anti-theft devices
- This warranty administration bulletin provides information regarding the field action courtesy...
- Equipment
- This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information with the field action courtesy...
- This informational bulletin provides information on wheel bearing P/N 13582664 being received new with...
- This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the media disc player with the latest...
- Equipment: electrical: anti-theft devices
- Vehicle Recalls
- This informational bulletin provides the technician with information on what E85 fuel may due to a non E85...
- Expanded Availability for Remanufacture and Return (R&R) Electronic Control Modules
- General motors corp: special coverage adjustment; analog onstar deactivation.
- Buick cadillac chevrolet gmc hummer oldsmobile pontiac saab saturn service campaign: special coverage...
- Engine oil or coolant leak
- Power door lock inoperative
- Excessive lateral movement (side to side) when using certain aftermarket child seats
- Battery drain on vehicles equipped with power sliding doors
- Information on error codes on radio display their cause and corrective action
- Second row seat belt will not retract passengers side
- Power door locks inoperative
- No tcc apply, malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) on, tcc surge, possible P0740, P1870, or 39 after...
- Water leaks at overhead console map
- Daytime running lamps (DRL) disable official government vehicles only
- Release of new outer tie rod ends for service
- Wire harness may be stretched, or the pcs may not be oriented in the same position, after installing a...
- Roof perforation
- Engine oil or coolant leak
- Premature aluminum hood corrosion / blistering
- Concerns with slips, harsh upshift or garage shifts, launch shudders, flares, erratic shifts and...
- Information on servicing 4T65-E transaxle spacer plate and gaskets for various models from 1997 through 2002
- Some customers may comment that road noise CAN be heard coming from the area behind the front seats
- Some customers may comment that there is rust forming around the front or rear portion of the roof
- Concerns with wind noise at the base of the windshield
- Some customers may comment that the power sliding door will reverse on closing or the door will appear...
- Issue regarding excessive road noise most prevalent in the sliding door areas, left, right or both
- Subject regarding wind noise while driving
- Subject regarding revised lower intake manifold installation
- Subject regarding poor heat with cold outside temperatures at low engine RPM
- Information on servicing 4T65E transaxle spacer plate and gaskets
- Customers may experience problems with leaking headlamps or lenses falling off
- Subject regarding recall 01013 and 01059 power sliding doors
- Information on wind noise from outside rearview mirrors
- This bulletin contains information on various waterleak conditions
- Information regarding premature aluminum hood corrosion
- Customers may complain of a water leak at the center of the windshield or from the overhead console
- This bulletin is being issued to revise steps 13 and 15 of the excessive wheel speed variation diagnostic...
- On some vehicles the second row passenger seat belts may experience a condition where the second row...
- Subject regarding proper functioning of the chest strap and the integral child seats
- Some owners may comment on driveability symptons of long or hard starts, chuggle, rough idle and light or...
- Owners of some vehicles equipped with hydra-matic 3T40, 4T60, 4T60-E or 4T65-E transaxles may comment on a...
- Some customers may comment on poor heat in the vehicle passenger compartment at low engine RPM
- Brief information on vehicles exhibiting leaky headlights
- Some customers may comment that the black plastic housing around the outside rear view mirror turns chalky...
- Some customers may comment that the front door glass is slow or noisy when moving up or down or the window...
- Excessive lateral movement (side to side) when using certain aftermarket child seats
- Some customers may comment on a lack of performance of the air conditioning system in hot humid weather
- Some vehicles equipped with hydra-matic 3T40, 4T60 or 4T60-E transxales may comment on a grinding and / or...
- Some customers may comment that their sliding side door rattles at the top
- Subject on on-board diagnostic (OBD) system improvements
- Some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) illuminating intermittently with no...
- Revised customer satisfaction campaign regarding power sliding door operation
- General motors has decided that the power sliding door on some vehicles may not operate properly
- Certain u vans equipped with gen II power sliding doors and within certain VIN breakpoints may exhibit an...
- Some owners may experience a driveability symptom of long or hard starts, chuggle, rough idle and light or...
- Complaints of inoperative power sliding side door
- Concerns of door handles on white painted vehicles truning yellow
- A/c compressor clutch is engaged
- 98008(B) vluntary emission recall campaign
- Some V6 engines may, on a very infrequent basis, have an oil odor condition that is generally encountered...
- Some vehicles built prior to VIN breakpoint WD100162 may exhibit fuel tank thud / clunk type noise audible...
- This bulletin involves relocating the evaporative emission vent valve assembly to a protected area to...
- Various driveability conditions such as a no start, engine miss or rough idle
- Comments on a ticking type noise that begins shortly after cold engine start-up and gradually diminishes...
- A condition in which the windshield wiper linkage arm contacts a brake line connected to the traction...
- Comments that the windshield wiper blade(s) chatter on the windshield
- Relocation of evaportative emission vent solenoid valve assembly to prevent water from being drawn through...
- Experiencing AM band radio interference when windshield wipers are operating or secondary ignition system...
- Some vehicles may experience a driveability symptom of long or hard starts, chuggle, rough idle and light...
- Concerns of "loose lumber" noise coming from the rear of the vehicle
- Loss of owner customization settings.
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