Omni L4-135 2.2L SOHC VIN C (1988)
Technical Service Bulletin # 446
Date: 890201
Campaign - Radio Amplifier Failure
No. 446
February, 1989
To:
All Chrysler-Plymouth and Dodge Dealers
Subject:
Customer Satisfaction Notification #446 -- Radio Amplifier Failure
Models:
1998 Horizon and Omni (L-Body) Cars Equipped With Premium Cassette Radio (Sales Code RAN), Vehicle Build Dates From
MonthDay-Hour (MDH) 05-19-XX (May 19, 1988) Through the End of the 1988 Model Year (MDH 07-14-XX)
Reference:
E-Mail message of 1/19/89 on above subject to all Chrysler/Plymouth and Dodge dealers.
RAN Sales Code premium cassette radios in late 1988 model year Horizon and Omni can may experience amplifier damage due to incompatibility with
the vehicle wiring. Such damage results in an inoperative radio which may also cause the radio circuit fuse to blow.
Note:
The radio involved in this action was not installed in L-Body cars until late in the 1988 model year (May, 1988). It can be identified by the
"joystick" used for speaker balance control rather than the slide control used on radios installed earlier in the model year. Only about 1,450 cars
were built with the affected radio.
To prevent this failure -- or a repeat failure following radio replacement -- the wiring harness to the radio must be modified.
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All subject vehicles still in inventory must be repaired immediately.
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If this failure has already occurred on a subject vehicle, the wiring harness must be modified prior to radio replacement.
Details of this service action are explained in the following sections.
Vehicle List, Parts, Owner Notification and Service Scheduling
Vehicle List
Each dealer to whom involved cars were invoiced (or the current dealer at the same location) will receive a listing of them with this letter, arranged in
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) sequence. Owners known to Chrysler are also listed. The lists are for dealer reference in arranging for service of
involved cars.
Each Dodge or Chrysler-Plymouth dealer without a Vehicle List will receive an information copy of this letter by Compak Mail.
Parts
None required. (Electrical tape only.)
Owner Notification and Service Scheduling
All involved car owners known to Chrysler are being notified of the service requirement by first class mail. They are requested to schedule appointments
for the service with their dealers at the earliest possible date. A copy of the owner notification letter is attached.
Enclosed with each owner notification is an Owner Recall Notification Form #83-295-0019. The involved vehicle and recall are identified on the form
for owner or dealer reference as needed.
Service Procedure, Completion Reporting and Reimbursement