000604002
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
SUBJECT REGARDING A HARD, NO START OR EXCESSIVE GRAY OR WHITE SMOKE CONDITION ON START UP AFTER RECENT GLOW PLUG REPLACEMENT. *TT
Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
000604002
SUBJECT REGARDING A HARD, NO START OR EXCESSIVE GRAY OR WHITE SMOKE CONDITION ON START UP AFTER RECENT GLOW PLUG REPLACEMENT. *TT
RCL/91C50
RECALL 91-C-50 - GENERAL MOTORS HAS DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN 1991 CHEVRTOLET C/K TRUCKS, M/L AND G VANS EQUIPPED WITH 4.3L ENGINES [RPO LB4 OR RPO LU2 (M VAN ONLY)] MAY BE EMITTING NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS (NMHC) IN EXCESS OF CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS STANDARDS. CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS STANDARDS WERE ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WEALFARE FROM DANGERS OF AIR POLLUTION. EXCESS EMISSION OF NMHC MAY CAUSE A VEHICLE TO FAIL STATE MANDATED EMISSION TESTS. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, DEALERS ARE TO INSTALL A NEW OXYGEN SENSOR. *TW
376105
COLD ENGINE KNOCK. *TW
577103
TRANSMISSION LEAK AT REAR EXTENTION HOUSING AND PROP SHAFT. *TW
CAMP/91C50
UNKNOWN
376602A
NEW CAST IRON EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND STAINLESS STEEL GASKET TO CORRECT ENGINE NOISE CONDITION. *TW
461506
REAR AND SIDE CARGO DOOR LATCH RATTLES. *TW
467108
TRANSMISSION EXTENTION SEAL LEAKS. *TW
476149
OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READING CONCERNS. *TW
461102
INSUFFICIENT HEATER PERFORMANCE. *TW
9210A1163
INOPERATIVE DOOR LOCK/LATCH. *TW
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.