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Chevrolet Cavalier 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01031 · NHTSA communication 619396 · issued Apr 11, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a condition in which the transaxle converter pump to stator bearing may prematurely fail, due to a raised metal condition on the bearing surface on the inside of the pump cover. *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.