Saturn L200 2000–2005 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 3135 · NHTSA communication 10010045 · issued Jan 1, 2004

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Engine and Engine Cooling

component

2000–2005

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Pop noise from engine area during heavy throttle input. *tc

Vehicles covered

2003 Saturn L200
2003 Saturn L300
2004 Saturn L300
2005 Saturn L300
2000 Saturn LS
2001 Saturn LS
2002 Saturn LS
2001 Saturn SC
2002 Saturn Vue
2003 Saturn Vue
2004 Saturn Vue
2005 Saturn Vue

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.