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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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0908012001-11-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND HAVING TO ADD OIL BETWEEN CHANGES. *JG
2206012001-10-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUBJECT REGARDING CUSTOMER COMPLAINT OF A NOTCHY SHIFT FEEL OR DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO GEAR, USUALLY FIRST GEAR, THIRD GEAR OR FIFTH GEAR. *TT
322001-10-29. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME VEHICLES REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. *SLC
322001-10-29. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD. SOME VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY EXPERIENCE THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ABS LIGHT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS PLACED IN 2ND OR 4TH GEAR, VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DBC7 WIRING HARNESS, WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN 2ND OR 4TH GEAR, MAY REVEAL SIGNS OF CONTACT WITH THE SHIFTER COUNTERBALANCE. *SLC
1306012001-10-29. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. THIS MESSAGE IS ABOUT CAMPAIGN NUMBER 01028 AND CAMPAIGN NUMBER 01029, GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE INDICATOR LIGHT PCM REFLASH. *TT
0101012001-10-29. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE NDICATOR LIMGHT MAY NOT ILLUMINATE UNDER LOW VOLTAGE CONDITIONS. *SLC
01028A2001-10-29. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.2 L L4 OR A 2.4L L4 ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE INIDCATOR LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE UNDER LOW VOLTAGE CONDITIONS, IF THE BATTER VOLTAGE DROPS LOW ENOUGH, THE ENGINE WILL EVENTUALLY STOP RUNNING OR FAIL TO START. *SLC
01028A2001-10-24. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. THIS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMAPIGN INVOLVES VEHICLES EXHIBITING A CONDITION IN WHICH THE GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE INDICATOR LIGHT IN CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL NOT ILLUMINATE UNDER LOW VOLTAGE CONDITIONS. *TT
000601018A2001-10-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON A GROWL/MOAN TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE ON HEAVY ACCELERATION WHEN MAKING SHARP LEFT HAND TURNS. NLM
2908012001-08-31. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING MANUAL TRANSMISSION GEAR NOISE. *TT
010282001-08-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE INDICATOR LIGHT IN CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL NOT ILLUMINATE UNDER LOW VOLTAGE CONDITIONS. *TT
010282001-06-26. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGARDING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN - GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE INDICATOR LIGHT - PCM REFLASH. *TT
010282001-06-25. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE INDICATOR LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE UNDER LOW VOLTAGE CONDITIONS. IF THE BATTERY VOLTAGE DROPS LOW ENOUGH, THE ENGINE WILL EVENTUALLY STOP RUNNING OR FAIL TO START. *TT
1804012001-05-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A BEARING NOISE THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A GRINDING NOISE OR A FAILED CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER BEARING NOISE. *TT
990730030A2001-05-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OWNERS OF SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HYDRA-MATIC 3T40, 4T60, 4T60-E OR 4T65-E TRANSAXLES MAY COMMENT ON A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN STANDING IN PARK ON A HILL OR SLOPE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE PARKING BRAKE NOT APPLIED. *TT
010604007A2001-05-24. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME ONWERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR LAMP HAS COME ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0442 FOUND. *TT
0106040082001-05-17. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. SOME VEHICLES INCLUDING MY2001 TOYOTA CAVALIER MAY EXPERIENCE INACCURATE OR ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE READINGS. IT MAY APPEAR FROM THE GAUGE READING THAT THERE IS FUEL AVAILABLE, YET THE TANK IS NEARLY EMPTY. *TT
1509002001-05-11. Service bulletin. STEERING. THIS MESSAGE CONCERNS VEHICLES EXHIBITING A CLUNK NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CUSTOMERS MAY STATE THAT A CLUNK NOISE IS HEARD WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TT
3008002001-05-10. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON A HISSING OR AIR RUSH NOISE BEING PRODUCED IN THE THROTTLE BODY. *TT
0102012001-04-10. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. ON SOME VEHICLES, A TECHNICIAN MAY OBSERVE THAT THE CHARGING SYSTEM TELLTALE IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS INOPERATIVE. *TT
1901012001-04-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION ON DIAGNOSING SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON AND CODE P0442 SET CONDITION. *TT
1801012001-04-06. Service bulletin. STEERING. INFORMATION ON DIAGNOSING CLUNK OR BUMP NOISE USUALLY HEARD WHEN TURNING EMITTING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CONDITION MAY ALSO BE FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL OF VEHICLE WITH THE CAR IN PARK OR MOVING SLOWLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS ROTATED FROM STOP TO STOP. *TT
1801012001-04-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY HAVING DIFFICULTY OPENING DOORS OR TRUNK EVEN AFTER PRESSING THE RKE FOB MULTIPLE TIMES. *TT
1801012001-04-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE IDLER PULLEY DUE TO COLD WEATHER IDLER BEARING HOOT. *TT
2012002001-04-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION CONCERNING VEHICLES THAT HAVE A INPUT SPEED SENSOR CODE P0716, P0717 CONDITION. *TT

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