Ninety-Eight V6-3800 3.8L (1989)
Technical Service Bulletin # 89C068C9J
Date: 890601
Recall - Missing I/P Knee Bolster
SUBJECT
PAD ASSEMBLY
MODELS/YEARS
SPECIFIC 1989 NINETY-EIGHT VEHICLES
NUMBER:
89-C-06
DATE:
June 1989
SECTION:
8C & 9J
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 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 owners 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 lefter which is being sent to owners, the owners are being Instructed
to contact the nearest Oldsmobile Zone Office if their dealer does not remedy the condition with five days of the mutually agreed upon service date. If
the condition is not remedied with a reasonable time, they are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
CONDITION
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in twenty six specific 1989 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
Vehicles equipped with Supplemental Inflatable Restraint which were assembled at the Orion Assembly Plant. The standard (base) pad assembly may
have been installed along the lower portion of the instrument panel instead of the pad assembly which is designed for use with Supplemental Inflatable
Restaints. Lack of this special pad assembly (also known as a "knee bolster") may, in the event of a vehicle crash, allow greater injury to the driver than
might otherwise occur.
To prevent the possibility of this occurring, dealers are to inspect the instrument panel of the vehicles involved, replace parts as required, and perform
the S.I.R. electrical test, all as directed in the SERVICE PROCEDURE of this Product Campaign Bulletin.
"Ship-to" dealerships with involved vehicles were previously advised to hold vehicle(s) by Oldsmobile DCS Administrative Message #89-001, dated
Thursday, May 25, 1989. Parts for the involved vehicles were shipped from the Orion Assembly Plant to the "ship-to" dealers with a sheet noting the
vehicle VIN's.
Vehicles Involved, Dealer Action & Service Procedure Information
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are twenty-six 1989 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight vehicles, built at the Orion Assembly Plant, equipped with Supplemental Inflatable Restaint
system (RPO AJ3), listed below by VIN:
K4303874
K4303963
K4306021
K4306060
K4306148
K4306187
K4306190
K4306251
K4306289
K4307185
K4307197
K4307292
K4307480
K4307496
K4307569
K4307585
K4307635
K4307673
K4307681
K4307776
K4307816
K4308216
K4308242
K4308256
K4308417
K4308503
DEALER ACTION
To prevent this condition from occurring on the above listed vehicles, dealers are to inspect each involved vehicle, replace parts as required, and perform
a S.I.R. electrical test, as per the SERVICE PROCEDURE in this letter/bulletin.
Dealers are to perform this campaign on all involved vehicles at no charge to owners, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership from this time
forward.
