# 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: 52935
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-11\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 776001
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION CONCERNING ENGINE KNOCK/RATTLE OR TAP NOISE BEFORE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE \(REPLACE PISTON AND/OR ROD ASSEMBLIES\). AK

## 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
- 1995 to 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA
- 1994 to 1997 CHEVROLET S10
- 1994 to 1997 GMC SONOMA
- 1994 to 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA
- 1995 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
- 1996 to 1997 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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