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.
051495
A SQUAWK TYPE NOISE MAY BE HEARD WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. BULLETIN INVOLVES INSTALLING A REVISED BACK-UP PLATE ONTO THE BRAKE COMBINATION VALVE. THIS BULLETIN DOES NOT APPLY TO VALVES IDENTIFIED W/ A GREEN DOT, FOR THEY HAVE THE CURRENT BACK UP PLATE.
183795
BULLETIN APPLIES TO VEHICLES EQUIPPED W/ A 5.2L OR 5.9L GASOLINE ENGINE. ENGINE SURGE NOTED AT 43 TP 50 MPH AFTER TORQUE CONVERTOR LOCKUP. BULLETIN INVOLVES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EGR VALVE GASKET W/ A SMALLER ORIFICE.
9564
A CLUNK OR RATTLE MAY BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN DURING SLOW TURNS AND STOPS. A NEW INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR A STEERING COLUMN REPLACEMENT.
081695REVA
BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08-16-95, DATED APR. 14, 1995. IF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR **REPEATEDLY** PRESSES AND RELEASES THE SET BUTTON WITH THEIR FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR (A 'LIFT FOOT SET' TO BEGIN SPEED CONTROL OPERATION), THE VEHICLE MAY ACCELERATE AND EXCEED THE DESIRED SET SPEED BY UP TO 5 MPH (8 KM/H) AND THEN DECELERATE TO LESS THAN THE DESIRED SET SPEED BEFORE FINALLY ACHIEVING THE DESIRED SET SPEED.
182995REVA
BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 18-29-95 WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCT. 16, 1995. THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SLOW ACCELERATION OR LACK OF POWER WITH ENGINE AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. BULLETIN INVOLVES TESTING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE IN THREE AREAS (WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, LOW PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM, INJECTION PUMP TIMING). ADJUSTMENTS OR REPAIRS WILL BE MADE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE TESTS.
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.