Service bulletins for the 2000 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.
383 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 000604053 | 2001-04-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON A HISS NOISE AT CLOSED THROTTLE ONLY. IT MAY SOUND SIMILAR TO A BELT NOISE OR A POWER STEERING PUMP NOISE WHEN IT IS COLD. *TT |
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| 060201 | 2001-04-04. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. 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 |
| 020601 | 2001-04-04. Service bulletin. STEERING. CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF A CLUNK NOISE FROM FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DURING TURNING MANEUVERS OR STEERING WHEEL ROTATION. *JB |
| 010101 | 2001-04-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH 4T40E / 4T45E FOUR SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLES WITH ATF LEAKS AT EITHER THE COOLER LINE SEALS OR AT ONE OR BOTH AXLE SEALS. *JB |
| 00101 | 2001-04-04. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE. *JB |
| 01-02-32-001 | 2001-04-03. Service bulletin. STEERING. CONCERNS WITH CLUNK NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE TURNING MANEUVER / STEERING WHEEL ROTATION.*JB (LUBRICATE OR REPLACE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AS APPROPRIATE). UPDATED 10/05/07. *NJ UPDATED 4/1/08. *NJ UPDATED 7/1/2008 *PE |
| 010601004 | 2001-04-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXHIBITING A LOUD HOOT / WHISTLING NOISE AT START UP DURING COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURE. *JB |
| 00101 | 2001-03-26. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT CERTAIN J AND N MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PLASTIC FUEL TANKS MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS INCORRECT READINGS. *TT |
| 111000 | 2001-03-22. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT THAT THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS PLACED IN SECOND AND FOURTH GEAR. *TT |
| 111000 | 2001-03-22. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT THAT THE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. *TT |
| 291100 | 2001-02-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION RATTLE. *TT |
| 000730019 | 2001-02-23. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. *TT |
| 000604044 | 2001-02-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE VEHICLE ENGINE HESITATES, STALLS AND / OR WILL NOT START. *TT |
| 000601018 | 2001-01-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON A GROWL / MOAN TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE ON HEAVY ACCELERATION WHEN MAKING A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN. *TT |
| 000604037 | 2000-12-05. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED AND THAT WHILE THE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ARE EXTREMELY HARSH. *TT |
| 000604038 | 2000-12-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON AN UNWANTED SWITCH TO GASOLINE, FUEL INDICATOR LAMP (FIL) INOPERATIVE, COOLING FAN INOPERATIVE, ENGINE RUNNING HOT AND / OR OVERHEATING. *TT |
| 000851001 | 2000-12-05. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE BLACK PLASTIC HOUSING AROUND THE OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR TURNS CHALKY OR IS DULL IN COLOR. *TT |
| 00113 | 2000-12-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE CONTACTS THE BATTERY TRAY. *TT |
| 000730014 | 2000-10-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH A HYDRA-MATIC 3T40 TRANSAXLE (BUILT BETWEEN JULIAN DATES 9270 - 9292) MAY COMMENT THAT THE VEHICLE SLIPS IN REVERSE, NO REVERSE, SLIPS IN D1, OR NO D1 RANGE. *TT |
| 000849003 | 2000-10-13. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. EXPERIENCING A RATTLE / SQUEAK IN RIGHT SIDE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR TRIM PANEL SCRATCHED OR RIGHT SIDE END OF INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTACTING DOOR TRIM PANEL. *TT |
| 000524001 | 2000-07-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION REGARDING SNOW INTRUSION INTO REAR DRUM BRAKE ASSEMBLIES. **MR |
| 00049 | 2000-07-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION REGARDING MISMACHINED SEALING SURFACE ON FORWARD CLUTCH HOUSING OF 4T40-E TRANSAXLE. **MR |
| 0004 | 2000-06-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. UPPER RADIATOR HOSE CONTACTS THE BATTERY TRAY, WHICH MAY RESULT IN ENGINE COLLANT LEAK, WITH A LOW COOLANT TELLTALE (WARNING LAMP) ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *MJS |
| 00004 | 2000-06-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. GENERAL MOTOR HAS DEDICED THAT CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.2L ENGINES (VIN 4), MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE UPPER RADITOR HOSE CONTACTS THE BATTERY TRAY. *TT |
| 000604009 | 2000-05-31. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME CUSTOMES MAY COMMENT ON A ROUGH ENGINE IDLE AND / OR MISFIRE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0300 MAY OR MAY NOT BE SET UNDER ROUGHT IDLE CONDITIONS. *TT |
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