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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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FYI

there is a national highway safety bulletin for c5 reverse lockouts not working.

I just had mine replaced and it was covered by the aftermarket warranty I bought.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Thanks for heads up , but I sometimes need to use reverse !
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sdef
FYI

there is a national highway safety bulletin for c5 reverse lockouts not working.

I just had mine replaced and it was covered by the aftermarket warranty I bought.
Can you post the bulletin or a link. I didn't see anything on the NHTSA site about it and there's no TSBs on it.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 07:32 AM
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 08:15 AM
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Tsb #040302 -- Customers May Complain Of An Inoperative Reverse Lockout, Allowing Shift To Reverse When Attempting To Make A Shift Into Fifth Gear. *tt (nhtsa Id #636473, April 03 2002)
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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I accidentally shifted into reverse last night. Thought I was going from 4th to 5th, and heard a grinding and immediately went back to N. Tried to do it again, and it was locked out. Hope I didn't hurt anything!
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 03:31 PM
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This isn't cool at all....
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scary.
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How can I get a copy of the bulletin.
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Never had it happen to mine, but thanks for the heads-up.
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In my vette you really need to push it over hard to get into reverse,what were you thinking of while driving?
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