Silhouette V6-191 3.1L VIN D TBI (1995)
Technical Service Bulletin # 95C68
Date: 960303
Recall - Transaxle Oil Cooler Line Separation
OLDSMOBILE
95-C-68
Issued: 03-01-96
Subject:
TRANSAXLE OIL COOLER LINE SEPARATION (27 STATES ONLY)
Model/Year:
1992-1993 EIGHTY EIGHT
1992-1993 NINETY EIGHT
1992-1995 SILHOUETTE
To: ALL OLDSMOBILE RETAILERS
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 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 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 an appointment with each owner and to repair
their vehicle as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the included copy of the letter that is being sent to owners, the owners are being instructed to
contact OCAN (Oldsmobile Customer Assistance Network) if their retailer 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 & Vehicles Involved
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors, has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in some 1992-1993 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight and Ninety Eight
model vehicles and in certain 1992-1995 Oldsmobile Silhouette model vehicles located in certain states (see "STATES INVOLVED" section). These
vehicles have an upper transaxle oil cooler hose which could pull out of the crimped coupling at the transaxle end of the assembly. Under certain climatic
conditions and under certain driving conditions, if this coupling was to separate and an ignition source was present, an engine compartment fire could
occur.
To prevent the possibility of this condition from occurring, retailers are to install a new upper transaxle oil cooler line (to transaxle) on all involved
vehicle.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
IMPORTANT
PLEASE ENSURE THAT EACH VEHICLE MEETS BOTH THE "VEHICLES INVOLVED" CRITERIA AND THE "STATE INVOLVED"
CRITERIA BEFORE PERFORMING THE SERVICE PROCEDURE.
Involved are certain (not all) 1992-1993 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight and Ninety Eight model vehicles. Also involved are certain (not all) 1992-1995
Oldsmobile Silhouette model vehicle equipped with the 3800 engine (RPO L27) without trailer towing (RPO V92). The involved vehicles are located in
