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Chevrolet Malibu 2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin 022003 · NHTSA communication 10002562 · issued Feb 20, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2003
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Engineering would like to inspect any vehicle before the actual repair has been performed where the repair diagnosis leads to replacing the ignition lock cylinder for an intermittent or hard no start type of condition or customer complaint. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.