# Service bulletin 776001

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 51302
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: 776001
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

KNOCK, RATTLE OR TAP NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BEFORE THE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE KNOCK, RATTLE OR TAP NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BEFORE THE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AT RATURE \(REPLACE PISTON AND/OR ROD ASSEMBLIES\). \*TW

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1994 to 1996 BUICK CENTURY
- 1994 to 1996 CHEVROLET BERETTA
- 1994 to 1997 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
- 1994 to 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA
- 1994 to 1997 CHEVROLET S10
- 1994 to 1997 GMC SONOMA
- 1994 to 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA
- 1995 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
- 1996 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2000109](/recalls/tc/2000109.md), 2000-04-28: Engine
- [1999016](/recalls/tc/1999016.md), 1999-02-15: Engine
- [1995188](/recalls/tc/1995188.md), 1995-10-20: Engine
- [1994015](/recalls/tc/1994015.md), 1994-02-02: Engine
- [1993139](/recalls/tc/1993139.md), 1993-10-05: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [130089009](/bulletins/10246631.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\). Expanded Availability for Remanufacture and Return \(R\&R\) Electronic Control Modules
- [PI0969](/bulletins/10139019.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information on High Oil Pressure on Startup After Engine Replacement Concern.
- [3081](/bulletins/10010375.md), 2004-11-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND P0300 WHEN TOWING, CRUISING UPHILL OR ON HARD ACCELERATION. \*TT
- [01225](/bulletins/10007717.md), 2004-07-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE COOLANT LEAK AT INTAKE GASKET. \* MJ
- [01727](/bulletins/10006363.md), 2004-04-30, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. 4.3 L35 LU3 RATTLE OR BUZZ NOISE FROM ENGINE. SIT BULLETIN 1457619. \*TT
- [030601024A](/bulletins/10004301.md), 2003-12-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. RATTLE NOISE IN ENGINE. \*TT
- [010601002A](/bulletins/10000782.md), 2003-03-31, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. REVISED PISTON PIN REMOVAL / INSTALLATION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [020601014](/bulletins/634708.md), 2002-10-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING REVISED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD INSTALLATION. \*TT
- [990602012D](/bulletins/634218.md), 2002-09-28, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SUBJECT REGARDING RUST IN COOLING SYSTEM, HEATER INOPERATIVE, BLOWS COLD AIR, ENGINE OVERHEATS \(FLUSH COOLING SYSTEM\). NLM
- [010602012](/bulletins/628890.md), 2002-03-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON LEAKAGE OF A FEW DROPS OF COOLANT AFTER PARKING THEIR VEHICLE. \*TT

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