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Chevrolet Cavalier 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 180401 · NHTSA communication 619413 · issued Apr 18, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2001
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with manual transmission may exhibit a bearing noise that can be described as a grinding noise or a failed concentric slave cylinder bearing noise. *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.