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June 1, 2009 Service bulletin

Saturn/pontiac/chevrolet: soft shifts, erratic shifts, DTC P1811

Chevrolet technical service bulletin PIP-4651 for 2007-2009 Chevrolet Malibu, 2007-2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007 Saturn Ion and others.

Bulletin number
PIP-4651
Component
Power train: automatic transmission
Summary
Saturn/pontiac/chevrolet: soft shifts, erratic shifts, dtc p1811. Vehicles with a hydramatic 4t45 transaxle may have soft shifts or shifts erratically. These conditions may appear intermittently or set a dtc p1811. During diagnosis, a low or high line pressure (actual versus desired) may be observed.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 920 complaints in the transmission category.

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