Fleetwood V8-5.7L VIN P (1994)
Technical Service Bulletin # 94C5
Date: 940401
Parts Information and Service Procedure
NO.: 94-C-5
DATE: April, 1994
GROUP: 6A
SUBJECT:
ENGINE OIL COOLER LINE CONTACTS STEERING GEAR
MODEL:
CERTAIN 1994 FLEETWOODS
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, provides that each vehicle which is subject to a recall campaign of this type must be
adequately repaired within a reasonable time after the owner has tendered it for repair. A failure to repair within sixty (60) days after tender of a vehicle
is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time.
If the condition is not adequately repaired within a reasonable time, the owner may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no
charge or to a refund of the purchase price less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
To avoid having to provide these burdensome solutions, every effort must be made to promptly schedule an appointment with each owner and to repair
their vehicle as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the copy of the owner letter, if the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, owners
are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
CONDITION
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1994 model Cadillac Fleetwoods equipped with
engine oil coolers (RPO KC4), and 5.7L engines (RPO LTI). The engine oil cooler inlet hose on these vehicles may have been installed too close to the
steering gear. The hose may wear through if the slit in the protective sleeve on the hose faces and contacts the steering gear. This wear through could
allow engine oil to leak onto the engine and could cause an engine compartment fire.
DEALER ACTION
To prevent the possibility of this condition occurring, dealers are to inspect the engine oil cooler inlet hose for proper clearance and, as necessary,
reposition the hose to create the proper clearance and assure that the protective sleeve slit faces the proper direction. Also, if hose wear is evident, the
hose should be replaced.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
All 1994 model Fleetwoods equipped with engine oil coolers (RPO KC4) and 5.7L engines (RPO LTI) built within the following VIN range require this
campaign:
From RR700001 Through and Including RR706749
All vehicles indicated on your Dealer List require this campaign; other suspect vehicles should be checked for campaign involvement prior to sale or
service utilizing the Vehicle Information Service System (VISS).
DEALER LIST
A list of involved vehicles, which our records indicate were sold by or shipped to you, is enclosed for your follow-up. This list contains owner names,
addresses and telephone numbers obtained from Cadillac delivery records. Dealers are to contact the owners of the vehicles indicated on their list and
arrange for the campaign correction to be performed as soon as possible. If no list is enclosed, none of the suspect vehicles are known to be in your area
at this time.
DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY
All unsold new vehicles in dealers' possession and subject to this campaign must be held and inspected/repaired per the service procedure of this
campaign bulletin before owners take possession of these vehicles.
Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this campaign at no charge to owners, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time
forward.
Owners of vehicles recently sold from your new vehicle inventory are to be contacted by the dealer, and arrangements made to make the required
correction according to the instructions contained in this bulletin. This could be done by mailing to such owners a copy of the owner letter accompanying
this bulletin. Campaign follow-up cards should not be used for this purpose, since the owner may not as yet have received the notification letter.
