SMU - SECTION 8C1 - REVISED DIAGNOSTIC CHART # 7. Chevrolet Cavalier 1996

SUBJECT: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE - SECTION 8C1 - REVISED DIAGNOSTIC CHART #7 AND VARIOUS OTHER CHANGES

MODELS: 1996-97 BUICK SKYLARK 1996-97 CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1996-97 OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA 1996-97 PONTIAC GRAND AM, SUNFIRE 1996-97 TOYOTA CAVALIER

THIS BULLETIN IS BEING ISSUED TO REVISE THE DIAGNOSTIC CHART #7 (AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT OPERATE) FOUND IN SECTION 8C1 OF THE APPROPRIATE 1996 J/N SERVICE MANUALS.

PLEASE REPLACE CHART #7 WITH THE ATTACHED REVISED CHART.

ALSO, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE TO VARIOUS OTHER SECTIONS IN BOTH THE 1996 AND 1997 SERVICE MANUALS AS INDICATED BELOW:

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O PAGE 1B-11 (1996); PAGE 1B-10 (1997):

STEP 3 - CHECKING COMPRESSOR CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT - IN THE LEFT COLUMN OF BOXES, FIFTH BOX DOWN, RIGHT BRANCH, SECOND BOX DOWN READS: "REPAIR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH."

CHANGE TO READ: "REPAIR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH. REFER TO ENGINE CONTROLS, INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) MICROPROCESSOR AND HVAC: COMPRESSOR CONTROLS, CELL 64 IN ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSIS."

O PAGE 6E-59 (1996); PAGE 6E-279 (1997):

UNDER "CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION", THE LAST BULLET IN THE LIST READS: "THERE IS NO A/C REQUEST SIGNAL TO THE PCM. REFER TO SECTION 1B FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE A/C REFRIGERANT SYSTEMS."

CHANGE TO READ: "REFER TO HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) MICROPROCESSOR AND HVAC: COMPRESSOR CONTROLS, CELL 64 IN ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE A/C REFRIGERANT SYSTEMS."

O PAGE 6E-61 (1996); PAGE 6E-281 (1997):

A/C COMPRESSOR CLUTCH CONTROL CIRCUIT DIAGNOSIS TABLE, STEP 16, PART 2 READS: "PROBE THE A/C SELECTOR SWITCH INPUT CIRCUIT TO THE IPC (REFER TO SECTION 8A-64)."

CHANGE TO READ: "PROBE THE A/C SELECTOR SWITCH INPUT CIRCUIT TO THE IPC. REFER TO HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) MICROPROCESSOR AND HVAC: COMPRESSOR CONTROLS, CELL 64 IN ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE A/C REFRIGERANT SYSTEMS."

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O PAGE 1B-10 (1996); PAGE 1B-9 (1997):

STEP 2 - CHECKING REFRIGERANT CHARGE/CHECKING COMPRESSOR CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT - THE SIXTH BOX DOWN, ONE BOX RIGHT, ONE BOX DOWN, ONE BOX RIGHT, THIRD BOX DOWN READS: "REPAIR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH. REFER TO SECTION 8A-64 FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS."

O PAGE 6E-61 (1996); PAGE 6E-267 (1997):

UNDER "CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION", THE LAST BULLET IN THE LIST READS: "THERE IS NO A/C REQUEST SIGNAL TO THE PCM. REFER TO SECTION 1B FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE A/C REFRIGERANT SYSTEMS."

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