{"nhtsa_id":618179,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-06","date":"2001-01-18","document_id":"180101","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618179","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CAVALIER","year_from":1997,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_chevrolet_cavalier","1998_chevrolet_cavalier","1999_chevrolet_cavalier","2000_chevrolet_cavalier","2001_chevrolet_cavalier"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"SUNFIRE","year_from":1997,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_pontiac_sunfire","1998_pontiac_sunfire","1999_pontiac_sunfire","2000_pontiac_sunfire","2001_pontiac_sunfire"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}