Caprice Wagon V8-350 5.7L (1994)
Technical Service Bulletin # 95C23
Date: 950602
Recall - Excessive Friction in Accelerator Pedal
CHEVROLET
No: 95-C-23
Issued: 06/01/95
Subject:
PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN 95-C-23 ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY
Model and Year:
1994-1995 CHEVROLET CAPRICE/IMPALA
TO: All Chevrolet/Geo Dealers
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 attached copy of the letter that is being sent to owners, the owners are being instructed to
contact the Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center if their dealer does not remedy the condition within five (5) days of the mutually agreed upon service
date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, they are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Defect & Vehicles Involved
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has decided that certain 1994-95 Chevrolet Caprice and Impala model vehicles may have been built with a defective accelerator pedal
assembly which causes the vehicles to fail to conform to the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 124, "Accelerator
Control Systems". Under some circumstances at low temperatures, there may be excessive friction in the accelerator pedal assembly. If there is excessive
friction in the pedal assembly, in the event of a failure of a throttle return spring the engine speed may not return to idle as specified in FMVSS 124.
To correct this condition, dealers are to replace the accelerator pedal assembly.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are certain 1994-95 Chevrolet Caprice a Impala model vehicles built within the VIN breakpoints as shown.
Involved vehicles have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. Computer listings contain the complete Vehicle
Identification Number, owner name and address data, and are furnished to involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. Owner name and address data
furnished will enable dealers to follow-up with owners involved in this campaign.
These listings may contain owner names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle
registration data for any other purpose is a violation of law in several states. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this listing to the follow-up
necessary to complete this campaign. Any dealer not receiving a computer listing with the campaign bulletin has no involved vehicles currently assigned.
Parts Information
A preshipment of parts will be sent to involved dealers the week of May 29, 1995. Preshipment parts will be charged to the dealers, open parts account.
Additional parts required to complete this campaign are to be obtained from General Motors Service Parts Operations (GMSPO). To ensure these parts
will be obtained as soon as possible, they should be ordered from GMSPO on a "C.I.O." order with no special instruction code, but on an advise code
(2). All Goodwrench parts system test dealers should order on a "VIP" order.
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Description
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