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October 1, 2008 Service bulletin

General motors: on some of these vehicles, transient voltage surges from the engine cooling fans may be...

Chevrolet technical service bulletin SB-08279 for 2008-2009 Chevrolet Malibu, 2009 Pontiac G6 and 2009 Saturn Aura.

Bulletin number
SB-08279
Component
Power train: automatic transmission
Summary
General motors: on some of these vehicles, transient voltage surges from the engine cooling fans may be transmitted through the engine wiring harness. This bulletin provides service procedure to install two jumper harnesses with diodes on certain vehicles with automatic transmission.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 318 complaints in the transmission category.

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