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Saturn Ion 2002–2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-09280A · NHTSA communication 10032327 · issued Dec 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002–2005
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Saturn service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. New special reimbursement policy for vehicles equipped with variable transmission with intelligence (vti) transmission-50 percent of transmission repair cost will be paid by gm or customer may elect the option of $5,000 customer credit instead of repair. Csc letter was received. *pe

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.