Chevrolet Malibu 1997–2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 010522001 · NHTSA communication 618073 · issued Jan 1, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
1997–2001
model years
14
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles may experience clunk, rattle noise from the underbody or front suspension. *jb
Vehicles covered
- 1997 Chevrolet Malibu
- 1998 Chevrolet Malibu
- 1999 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2000 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2001 Chevrolet Malibu
- 1999 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2000 Oldsmobile Alero
- 2001 Oldsmobile Alero
- 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1999 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2000 Pontiac Grand AM
- 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
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.