S15/T15 2WD Jimmy V6-262 4.3L VIN W CPI (1993)
Seat Belt: All Technical Service Bulletins
Recall - Rear Seat Belt May Not Release Webbing
NO.: 93-C-08(A)
GROUP: 10A-2 - Seats and Seat Belts
DATE: July 1993
SUBJECT:
REAR SEAT BELT MAY NOT RELEASE WEBBING
MODELS:
1993 S/T TWO DOOR UTILITY VEHICLES (INCLUDING TYPHOONS)
THIS BULLETIN CANCELS AND REPLACES 93-C-08 ISSUED JULY 1993. DESTROY ALL COPIES OF 93-C-O8. THE "VEHICLES
INVOLVED" SECTION 15 REVISED TO SHOW THE CORRECT VIN BREAKPOINTS. IF YOU ARE AN AFFECTED DEALER, THE REPORTS
YOU RECEIVED WITH 93-C-08 ARE CORRECT.
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 reasonable time, they are instructed how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has determined that CERTAIN 1993 S/T two-door utility vehicles have been shipped with an outboard rear seat belt assembly that will
not release the webbing from the retracted position. This condition will not meet the requirements of FMVSS 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
In order to comply with FMVSS 209, your dealer will check to determine if the seat belt assemblies are operative, and if inoperative, replace the seat belt
assembly(s). This service will be completed for you at no charge.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are CERTAIN S/T two door utility vehicles built within the following VIN breakpoints:
Model Year
Plant
From
Through
1993
Pontiac
P0508958
P0509387
West
P0810566
P0810567
Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings are furnished to all involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. Dealers should confirm vehicle
eligibility through VISS (Vehicle Information Service System) prior to beginning campaign repairs.
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 owners take possession of these vehicles.
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.
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 the instructions contained in this bulletin.
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. If the name and address of the owner of an
involved vehicle was unavailable to GMC Truck Division at the time of campaign initiation, the dealer must 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
