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Inventory Upgrade - Transmission Fluid Fill

Subject:Transmission Fluid Fill

Models:Certain 2005-06 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac Pursuit (Canada only)
Equipped with Getrag 5-Speed Manual Transmission (RPO M86)

Attention: An involved VIN listing is contained in the Administrative Message (U.S.) or Dealer Communication (Canada). If any of these vehicles are still in your inventory, perform this repair as soon as possible, but no later than November 30, 2005, at which time this bulletin will expire.


Condition

Some late production 2005 and early production 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac Pursuit (Canada only) model vehicles with RPO M86 5 Speed manual transmissions were not filled with the specified Dexron III transmission fluid.

Correction

Dealers are to replace the transmission fluid in dealer stock vehicles with Dexron III transmission fluid.

Service Procedure

Refer to SI document number 869140 for the manual transmission fluid replacement procedure.

Parts Information

Part Number

Description

Qty

12378470

DEXRON®III (1 qt)

1.8 qt/1.6L

10952622 (CN)

DEXRON®III (1L)

12378472

DEXRON®III (drum)

10952624 (CN)

DEXRON®III (drum)

Warranty Information

Labor Operation

Description

Labor Time

Y0052

Replace Transmission Fluid with DEXRON®III

0.4 hr

Dealers

This correction should be performed on all vehicles currently in your inventory that are included in the VIN list contained in the Administrative Message (GM US), Dealer Communication (Canada), prior to sale or delivery.