K 2500 Truck 4WD V8-454 7.4L (1990)
Technical Service Bulletin # 90C175
Date: 900601
Recall - Loose Brake Pedal Pivot Bolt
GMC NUMBER:
90-C-17
GROUP:
5 Brakes
DATE:
June, 1990
SUBJECT:
POSSIBLE BRAKE PEDAL PIVOT BOLT LOOSE
MODELS:
1990 C/K 15-35 TRUCKS (PONTIAC EAST ASSEMBLY PLANT)
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 adequately repair within 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 appointments with owners and to repair their
vehicles as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the attached copy of the letter which is being sent to owners, the owner is being instructed to
contact the nearest GMC Zone Office if the dealer does not remedy the condition within five days of the mutually agreed upon service date. If the
condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, they are instructed how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Defect Involved
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in some 1990 C/K 15-35 trucks. These vehicles may have a
loose pivot bolt holding the brake pedal to its support bracket. In a few cases, the pivot bolt was only hand started into the bracket weld nut without
engaging the locking material on the bolt. In certain other cases, the bolt was fully engaged into the weld nut, but below the specified torque. It is
possible for the bolt to disengage from the nut resulting in loss of braking down. If this condition occurs while the vehicle is in motion, a vehicle crash
could occur without prior warning.
To prevent this condition from occurring, dealers are to torque the brake pedal pivot bolts to specification.
Vehicles Involved
Involved are certain 1990 C/K 15-35 trucks built at the Pontiac East Assembly Plant within the following VIN breakpoints:
Model Year
Plant
From
To
1990
Pontiac East
LE538217
LE538362
LE538458
LE538891
The specific vehicles involved in this campaign have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. These listings are furnished to
all involved dealers with the campaign bulletin.
Dealer Campaign Responsibility
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. Dealers are to inspect and correct all affected vehicles in new and used vehicle stock prior to their sale.
Whenever a vehicle subject to this campaign is taken into your new or used vehicle inventory, or it is in your dealership for service in the future, you
should take the steps necessary to ensure the campaign correction has been made before reselling or releasing the vehicle.
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 instructions contained in this bulletin.
If no owner's name and address were available to GMC Truck Division at the time of campaign initiation, the dealer will determine the owner's name and
address from the dealership sales records.
Please provide this information directly on the second copy of the listing next to the applicable VIN so that our records may be updated. This second
copy should then be submitted to the address listed below in the previously supplied yellow campaign envelopes. GMC Truck Division General Motors
Corporabon 101 Union Street Plymouth, Michigan 48170
Owner Notification
Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by GMC Truck Division (see copy of owner letter included with this bulletin). A listing of
owner names and addresses has been furnished to the involved dealers to enable dealers to follow up with owners involved in this campaign. This listing
may contain owner names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any