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Chevrolet C Series(light) 1995technical service bulletin

Bulletin MSG01156 · NHTSA communication 44053 · issued May 1, 1995

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1995
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

General motors has decided that certain 1995 chevrolet pickup trucks suburbans, vans and p-chassis trucks may experience a premature transmission failure due to an improper finish on the planetary gear pinion pins. To correct this condition, dealers are to replace the transmission assembly using the service procedure outlined in the bulletin. *tw

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.