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Chevrolet Impala 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01035 · NHTSA communication 623528 · issued Jun 29, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2000–2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard 301, fuel system integrity, in a frontal crash test, the fuel return line of a vehicle equipped with a 3.4l engine and a non-abs brake system was severed and leaked more fuel than permitted. *slc

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.