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Chevrolet Cavalier 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00010 · NHTSA communication 613584 · issued May 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some customers may experience a failure of the cylinder head gasket leading to external coolant leaks from the cylinder head gasket to engine block joint. **mr

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.