C 2500 Suburban 2WD V8-350 5.7L (1994)
Technical Service Bulletin # 98065
Date: 990301
Recall - Brake Light Switch Wiring Polarity
File In Section: Product Campaigns
Bulletin No. 98065
Date: March, 1999
PRODUCT RECALL CAMPAIGN
PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN
SUBJECT:
98065 - BRAKE SWITCH WIRING POLARITY
MODELS:
i994 CHEVROLET AND GMC C/K
This campaign bulletin, minus your assigned VIN listing, is being forwarded to you at this time in order to take care of those customers who bring their
vehicle in for inoperative brake lamps prior to their notification of this campaign.
GM probably will not begin notifying owners of this campaign until late April, 1999. That is when parts are expected to be available in sufficient
quantities to support this campaign. A VIN listing will be sent to dealers at that time.
In the meantime. should an owner bring in a 1994 C/K because the brake lamps exhibit the condition described in the "Defect Involved" section of this
bulletin, check the VIN against VISS to determine whether the vehicle is included in the campaign bulletin.
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If it is included in VISS, repair the vehicle per this campaign bulletin and charge the repair to the campaign using the campaign labor operation
number.
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If the vehicle is not included in the campaign bulletin population, treat as a customer-pay repair.
The Highway 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 customer 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 time1 the customer 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 remedies, every effort must be made to promptly schedule an appointment with each customer and to
repair their vehicle as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the attached copy of the divisional letter that is being sent to customers1 the customers
are being instructed to contact the appropriate 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 and Vehicles Involved
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in all 1994 Chevrolet and GMC C/K model vehicles. These
vehicles were built with the polarity of the wiring for the zero adjust brake switch reversed from what was specified on the switch drawing. With the
reversed polarity, the contacts in the brake switch can wear out prematurely. The brake switch will perform normally until the brake switch contacts wear
out. When worn out, the contacts fail to close when the brake pedal is pressed. This results in the loss of the brake lamps without any warning to the
driver, which could fail to warn a following driver that the vehicle is braking and could lead to a vehicle accident,
To prevent the possibility of this condition occurring, dealers are to replace the brake switch and reverse the wiring.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
