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Chevrolet Malibu 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 831527 · NHTSA communication 603984 · issued Jan 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1999
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Comments that the front and / or rear doors require considerable effort to open or close on vehicles. *yc

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.