LeSabre V6-181 3.0L (1986)
Power Steering Line/Hose: All Technical Service Bulletins
Warranty Information
LIST THE ONE APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATION
SUBLET
PART
FAILED
PARTS
FAILURE
LABOR
LABOR
OTHER
DEALER
OPER.
COUNT
PART NO.
ALLOW.
CODE
OP NO
HOURS
HOURS
MTL TWG
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Inspect Only
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- - 96 V3700 . 2 *.1 ---
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Inspect & Replace Hose
1
25529012
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96
V3701
.4
*.1
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*
Dealer Administration Allowance
**
List Current Dealer Price of Hose, Plus 30%.
Dear Buick Owner:
This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in some 1986 Electras/Park Avenues. These vehicles may have
insufficient clearance between the power steering pump return hose and the engine exhaust manifold. This condition could cause overheating of this
hose, resulting in a hole in the hose and subsequent fluid leak. Should this occur, it is possible there could be an engine compartment fire without prior
warning.
To prevent this condition from occurring on your vehicle, your Buick dealer will inspect the power steering return hose routing and, if required, replace
this hose. This service will be completed at no charge to you.
Instructions have been sent to your Buick dealer. It is estimated that parts will be available November 7, 1986. The labor time to perform the inspection
is approximately 10 minutes. If hose requires replacement, an additional 15 minutes will be required. Please ask your dealer if you wish to know how
much additional time will be needed to process your vehicle.
Your Buick dealer is best equipped to obtain parts and provide service to ensure your vehicle is corrected as promptly as possible. However, if you take
your vehicle to your dealer on the agreed service date, and he does not remedy this condition on that date, or within five days, we recommend you
contact the Buick Customer Assistance Department, Flint Home Office, by calling 800-521-7300.
After contacting your dealer and the Buick Home Office, if you are still not satisfied that we have done our best to remedy this condition, without charge
within a reasonable time, you may wish to write the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, DC, 20590, or call 800-424-9393 (Washington, DC residents use 426-0123).
The enclosed Owner Reply Card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of the card to your dealer will assist in making the correction in the shortest
possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage-paid Owner Reply Card and returning it to us.
We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your safety, and continued satisfaction with our
products.
