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Chevrolet C Series 1997–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 160201 · NHTSA communication 619242 · issued Feb 16, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1997–2001
model years
20
vehicle entries

Official summary

This message concerns certain 1997 through 2001 medium duty trucks with spicer seven speed manual transmissions exhibiting heavy vibration that increases with speed and / or an oil leak and / or a cracked engine block. *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.