Chevrolet Blazer 1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 97001 · NHTSA communication 52092 · issued Jan 1, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
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component
1996
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Recall 97v-008 - general motors has decided that certain 1996 s/t model pickup trucks fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) 212, windshield mounting - these vehicles exhibit a condition where the topcoat paint severly peels due to overbaking of the powder primer prior to the topcoat application - since the windshield primer and adhesive adhere to the topcoat paint on the windshield opening flange, the windshield may not meet the requirements of fmvss 212, in a vehicle crash - recall 97v-008. *tw
Vehicles covered
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.