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Buick Lesabre 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 990730007 · NHTSA communication 607351 · issued May 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles with hydra-matic transaxle may exhibit vehicle shudder when reapplying throttle (greater than 50%) after stopping. *tt

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.