Century V6-173 2.8L (1986)
Center Mounted Brake Lamp: Recalls
Warranty Information
LIST THE ONE APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATION
SUBLET
PART
FAILED
PARTS
FAILURE
LABOR
LABOR OTHER
DEALER
OPERATION
COUNT
PART NO.
ALLOW.
CODE
OP NO.
HOURS HOURS
MTL TWG
^
Check Lamp Operation
Only
-
-
-
96
V3310
.2
*.1
-
^
Check and Correct Lamp
Operation -
-
-
96
V3311
.2
*.1
-
*
Campaign Administrative Allowance.
Dear Buick Owner:
This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act.
General Motors has determined some 1986 Buick Centurys fail to conform to the requirements of the FMVSS 108 "Lamps, reflective devices and
associated equipment". The above referenced vehicles equipped with luggage rack and opera lamp options may have an incorrectly indexed wiring
harness. This condition may cause the center high mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) to remain illuminated when the headlamps or parking lamps are on.
FMVSS 108 requires that the center high mounted stop lamp be lighted only when the brakes are applied. In addition, the opera lamps may come on
when the brakes are applied.
To correct this condition on your vehicle, please contact your Buick dealer to arrange a service date to have the wiring harness correctly indexed. This
service will be performed at no charge to you.
Instructions for making this correction have been sent to your Buick dealer. The labor time necessary to complete the correction is approximately 15
minutes. Please ask your dealer if you wish to know how much additional time will be necessary to process your vehicle.
Your Buick dealer is best equipped to provide service to ensure your vehicle is corrected as promptly as possible. However, if you take your vehicle to
your dealer on the agreed service date, and he does not remedy this condition on that date, or within five days, we recommend you contact the Customer
Assistance Department, Flint home office, by calling 800-521-7300.
After contacting your dealer and the Buick home office, if you are still not satisfied that we have done our best to remedy this condition without charge,
within a reasonable time; you may wish to write the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20590, or call 800-424-9393 (Washington D.C. residents use 426-0123).
The enclosed Owner Reply Card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of the card to your dealer will assist in making the correction in the shortest
possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage-paid Owner Reply Card and returning it to us.
We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your safety and continued satisfaction with our
products.
