# Service bulletin 01049

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: 628527
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-03\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 01049
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-12\-05
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT FOR FOUR\-WHEEL AND ALL\-WHEEL UTILITY VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BALL JOINTS THAT SEPARATE AT A LOWER MILEAGE THAN EXPECTED BY CUSTOMERS. \*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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER
- 1996 to 1997 GMC JIMMY
- 1996 to 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [01V200000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V200000.md), 2001-06-28: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [3183](/bulletins/10010877.md), 2004-12-15, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE GRIND WHINE NOISE IN 2WD GONE IN 4WD. \*EH
- [02015](/bulletins/10006961.md), 2004-05-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. POP SNAP NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN BRAKING. \*MR
- [01049](/bulletins/628913.md), 2002-03-22, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT. SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT 01049 FOR UPPER BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT. \*TT

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