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Service bulletin 060201

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 id618120
Published by NHTSA2001-04-04
Manufacturer's number060201
Manufacturer's date2001-02-06
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THERE IS A POP, GRINDING OR CLUNK NOISE FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE OR WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS. *JB

The document

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Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2000, 2001
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2000, 2001

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

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