C 2500 Truck 2WD V6-262 4.3L (1985)
Technical Service Bulletin # 86C05A
Date: 860901
Recall - Push-Pull Headlight Switch Replacement
Number:
REISSUE 86C05(a)
Section:
8B
Date:
September, 1986
Subject:
PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN 86CO5(a)
PUSH-PULL HEADLIGHT SWITCH REPLACEMENT
Model and Year:
1986 CHEVROLET PASSENGER CARS, MEDIUM DUTY
TRUCKS AND 1985-1986 LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS
TO:
ALL CHEVROLET DEALERS
THIS BULLETIN IS BEING REISSUED TO SUPERSEDE PRODUCT CAMPAIGN BULLETIN 86C05 DATED MAY, 1986.
UPON RECEIPT OF THE REISSUED BULLETIN 86CO5(a) DESTROY 86CO5.
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 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 letter which is being sent to
owners, the owners are being instructed to contact the nearest Chevrolet Zone Office if their dealer does not remedy the condition
within five 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.
CONDITION
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in some 1986 Chevrolet Passenger Cars
Medium Duty Trucks and 1985-1986 Light Duty Trucks. The push-pull headlight switch might have been manufactured with
electrical contacts which could potentially result in an intermittent headlight circuit. An intermittent circuit could cause the
headlights to suddenly go out. Sudden loss of the headlights under severe weather or nighttime driving conditions could reduce
driver visibility which might result in a vehicle crash without prior warning.
DEALER ACTION
To prevent this condition dealers are required to inspect, and if necessary, replace push-pull headlight switches on suspect vehicles per the Vehicles
Involved and Service Procedure sections of this bulletin.
Vehicles Involved
Certain 1986 Chevrolet Passenger Cars, Medium Duty and 1985-1986 Light Duty Trucks within the following parameters:
YEAR
PLANT
FROM
THROUGH
"S/T" LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS
1985
Pontiac
F0213991
F0217303
1985
Moraine
F2261445
F2266283
"P" FWD. CONTROL TRUCKS
1985
Detroit
F3345668
F3346279
#
1986
Detroit
G3315972
G3317552
CELEBRITY
1986
Oklahoma City
G6117716
G6121696
#
G6222460
G6230910
1986
Oshawa
G1126879
G1127808
#
G1227276
G1237184