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Service bulletins for the 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier

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.

84 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Bulletins, newest first
9908500071999-08-27. Service bulletin. SEATS. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THERE IS A BULGE IN THE MATERIAL ON THE TOP BACKSIDE OF EITHER FRONT BUCKET SEAT. *TT
9908570191999-08-06. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. CONDITIONS WITH WATER LEAK AT FRONT HEADER. *TT
636604C1999-03-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. COMMENTS THAT A METALLIC NOISE OR COLD RAP HEARD ON COLD EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TT
8315221999-02-02. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. REAR COMPARTMENT (TRUNK) LID LATCH DIFFICULT TO UNLOCK / OPEN. *YC
987310691999-01-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. A RATTLE COMING FROM THE DOOR(S) WHEN THE DOOR WINDOW GLASS IS LOWERED. *YC
98636604B1998-08-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. COMMENTS THAT A METALLIC NOISE ON COLD EXHAUST SYSTEMS. *TT
98836539A1998-07-01. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SERVICE ENGINE NOW LIGHT ON OR A NO-START CONDITION. *YC
98731616A1998-07-01. Service bulletin. SEATS. SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC
98876121A1998-06-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLATTERING NOISE AT IDLE SPEED ORIGINATING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN AND FRONT COVER AREA. *YC
98636604A1998-06-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT THAT A METALLIC NOISE OR
98731060A1998-05-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. COMMENTS ON THE CONVERTIBLE TOP COVER SHOWING WEAR OR PERMANENT DAMAGE. *YC
7350181998-04-29. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. COMMENTS THAT THE REAR BRAKES MAY DRAG/HEAT UP OR REAR OF CAR IS SQUATTING DUE TO AGGRESSIVE REAR BRAKE. *YC
9710017315081998-04-20. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. COMMENTS THAT THE DECK LID WILL NOT OPEN WHEN THE INTERIOR REMOTE RELEASE HANDLE IS PULLED. *YC
9708017350261998-04-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. COMMENT THAT THE ABS LIGHT IS ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC'S) 46 AND 86 SET AS CURRENT OR HISTORY. *YC
9709015015A1998-03-30. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. COMPLAINTS THAT THE ABS INDICATOR LAMP IS "ON". *YC
9711017310631998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. COMMENTS OF A RATTLE NOISE UNDER THE HOOD OR INSTRUMENT PANEL AREA. *YC
9711017310601998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. VARIOUS AREAS OF THE VEHICLE CONVERTIBLE TOP COVER SHOWS WEAR OR PERMANENT DAMAGE. *YC
9711017316161998-03-30. Service bulletin. SEATS. COMMENTS THAT THE SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO THE SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC
9707011997-11-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. REGARDS TO DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT NOT STAYING IN POSITION. *YC
7760011997-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. 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
9702019774T1997-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. VARIOUS INFORMATION REGARDING OVERNIGHT COLD SOAK CONDITIONS. *YC
9705017761091997-11-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. EXHIBITING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, AND P0304 INDICATING ENGINE MISFIRE CONDITIONS. *YC
549001A1997-08-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. CLN INDICATOR APPEARS ON RADIO DISPLAY AND DOES NOT TURN OFF (RESET CLN INDICATOR WITH THE EJECT BUTTON ON TAPE). *TW
7315021997-08-21. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. LEFT HAND MIRROR DOES NOT ADJUST WHEN ADJUSTMENT LEVER IS MOVED (ADJUST LEVER TO ALIGN WITH LEVER SLIDE). *TW
7761091997-08-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE STALL AT COLD START, ROUGH IDLE, OIL FILTER EXPANSION, HIGH OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE MISFIRE DTC'S (REPLACE OIL PUMP WITH IMPROVED PRESS RELIEF VALVE BORE). *TW

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.