Ninety-Eight FWD V6-260 4.3L DSL (1985)
Technical Service Bulletin # 85C04
Date: 850401
Campaign - Battery Leakage
SUBJECT
BATTERY LEAKAGE
NUMBER: 85-C-04
DATE:
April 26, 1985
MODELS/YEARS
1985 NINETY-EIGHTS EQUIPPED WITH
SECTION: 6D
107 BATTERY
General Motors has determined that some 1985 Ninety-Eight Coupes and Sedans were assembled with batteries that may leak acid.. This acid may cause
possible degradation of the transmission cooler hoses on gasoline engine equipped vehicles and other components in the area of the battery on all
vehicles.
To prevent these conditions from occurring on vehicles involved, dealers are to determine if the vehicle is equipped with original equipment battery
number 107 or aftermarket number 78A-60. If the vehicle is equipped with one of these batteries, they will be replaced with a new 78A-72 battery, the
transmission cooler hoses on gasoline engine equipped vehicles will be replaced, and any other battery acid affected component will be cleaned or
replaced.
Vehicles, Dealer Information
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Certain 1985 Ninety-Eight Coupes and Sedans with 3.0L and 3.8L gasoline engines and 4.3L diesel engines and 107 or 78A-60 batteries within the
following VIN breakpoints:
PLANT
FROM
TO AND INCLUDING
Wentzville
F1300076
F1314724
Orion
F4300078
F4314377
SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WITHIN THESE BREAKPOINTS WILL NOT REQUIRE BATTERY REPLACEMENT AS THEY WERE NOT
ASSEMBLED WITH A 107 BATTERY.
DEALER ACTION
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.
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 be sure 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
modification according to instructions in this bulletin.
Service Procedure