Bonneville V6-3800 3.8L VIN L SFI (1995)
Technical Service Bulletin # 95C04
Date: 941013
Recall - Lamp Control Module Fails
PONTIAC
No. 95-C-04
Date: 10-13-94
SUBJECT:
LAMP CONTROL MODULE
To: ALL (DIVISION) RETAILERS
The National Traffic And Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, provides that each vehicle 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 reasonable 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 can ({division} 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 Involved
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1995 {division} model vehicles equipped with
twilight sentinel. Some of these vehicles were assembled with lighting control modules which may experience excessive current leakage due to damaged
surface mounting capacitors. This condition could result in a loss of head lamps and park lamps. Sudden loss of head lamp lighting could reduce drive
visibility, which could result in a vehicle crash without prior warning.
In addition, the potential also exists that the head lamps can not be turned OFF or that they could turn ON while the vehicle is parked. Both of these
conditions would result in loss of battery state of charge and the inability to restart the vehicle.
To prevent the possibility of these conditions from occurring, retailers are to replace the lamp control module on involved vehicles.
Vehicles Involved
Certain 1995 vehicles equipped with Twilight Sentinel (RPO T82) within the breakpoints listed.
