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Pontiac Montana 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 191000 · NHTSA communication 617657 · issued Oct 19, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subject regarding concerns of hard starts caused by poor contact to connector seal c305, wiring harness shapes at the radiator core support, the accumulator stud and the transmission bell housing, starter relay branch chase at the serpentine belt pulley, windshield lights blowout, jack compartment water leaks, rear hatch glass breakage, side airbag lights and cracked chimsels. *tt

Vehicles covered

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.