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Service bulletin 00070

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id617620
Published by NHTSA2001-03-19
Manufacturer's number00070
Manufacturer's date2000-10-31
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

NHTSA's summary

GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH TRANSMISSION FLUID MAY LEAK FROM A HEAT DEGRADED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER HOSE ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TT

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET B71999, 2000
CHEVROLET C65001999 to 2000
CHEVROLET C75001999 to 2000
GMC B71999, 2000
GMC C65001999 to 2000
GMC C75001999 to 2000

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V2360002000-08-23. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
99V3200001999-11-15. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
000702000-12-29. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE DEGRADATION. *TT