Seville STS V8-4.6L VIN 9 (1998)
and will be provided upon request at no charge.
ADDITIONAL RETAIL CUSTOMER SERVICES
Dealers are encouraged to make every effort to demonstrate Cadillac's commitment to our customers' satisfaction during this product safety campaign.
Additional labor operations are provided for pick-up and drop-off of customer and loaner vehicles, customer vehicle fuel fili1 and customer vehicle
interior and exterior clean-up (see claims Section). These services are intended only for retail sold customer vehicles1 and are not to be claimed for
demonstrator or other dealer-use vehicles.
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 customers take possession of these vehicles.
Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this campaign at no charge to customers, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time
forward.
Customers who have recently purchased vehicles sold from your vehicle inventory, and for which there is no customer information indicated on the
dealer listing, are to be contacted by the dealer. Arrangements are to be made to make the required correction according to the instructions contained in
this bulletin.
This is especially important for this campaign. Available data indicates this condition is most likely to occur at low mileage (less than 4,000 miles).
In summary, whenever a vehicle subject to this campaign enters your vehicle inventory, or is in your dealership for service in the future, please take the
steps necessary to be sure the campaign correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle.
Service Procedure
Caution:
This procedure requires the vehicle coolant temperature to be below normal operating temperature. For technician safety the coolant temperature
should be below 100 °F (3B °C) before starting the repair.
If the coolant Is at normal operating temperature when you perform this service, you could be burned. To reduce the risk of injury1 do not start this
procedure until the vehicle coolant has cooled to 100 °F (38 ° C,).
1.
Install seat and fender covers.
2.
Recover the air conditioning system using published procedures from the 1999 Electronic Service Information.
While the air conditioning system is being recovered, perform the following steps:
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Remove the rear seat cushion and place on a clean surface with the springs down. Cover the seat cushion to protect it from foreign
contamination.
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Disconnect the negative battery cable from the battery.
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Disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) using published procedures from 1999 Service Information.
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Remove the filler panel. on top of the radiator support.
3.
Remove radiator cap from the surge tank.
4.
Raise and suitably support the vehicle.
5.
Drain the engine coolant into a clean container by removing the coolant hose from the generator coolant tube. Save the coolant for reuse. Leave
the hose disconnected.
6.
Lower the vehicle.
7.
Disconnect the electrical connector from the ambient air temperature sensor.
8.
Remove the primary hood latch from the support, disconnect the release cable. and set aside.
9,
Remove the hood latch support.
10.
Remove both headlamps, disconnecting the wiring at the inline connector.
