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Service bulletin 32

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 id623586
Published by NHTSA2001-10-29
Manufacturer's number32
Manufacturer's date2001-02-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

NHTSA's summary

CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF A CREAK OR POP NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THIS MAY OCCUR ON TURNS, ON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, OR ON MANEUVERS THAT TWIST THE SUSPENSION. *SLC

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET MALIBU1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS1997, 1998, 1999
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS2000 to 2001

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

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