Toronado V6-231 3.8L (1986)
Campaign Identification label. Each label provides a space to include the campaign number, the five (5) digit dealer code of the dealer performing
the campaign service, and the date vehicle was campaigned. This information may be inserted with a typewriter or ballpoint pen. When installing
label, clean the surface of the radiator upper mounting support and apply the campaign label where it is readily visible.
Parts and Claim Information
PARTS INFORMATION
Three (3) foam pads will be furnished directly to affected owners of record with instructions for installation. Owners may install the pads personally or
request that they be installed by an Oldsmobile dealership. Owners will be advised to bring the pads with them if they elect to have a dealership install
them.
The correct quantity of foam pads is being shipped to each dealer (for VINs on their printout with no owner name) on a "NO CHARGE" basis. They
WILL NOT BE billed on the dealer parts account. Dealers should not order from GMSPO.
If transfer, loss or damage make additional foam pads necessary, contact your zone office.
WARRANTY CLAIM INFORMATION
Description
Failure Code
Labor Operation
Labor Hours
Install three (3)
96
V3820
.2
foam pads
.1 hour for clerical administration may be added to the above labor operation.
February 1987
TO ALL OLDSMOBILE DEALERS:
Oldsmobile Division is releasing Campaign 86-C-12 involving some 1986 Toronados which were assembled with a console front compartment door that
may not remain closed during load forces that might be experienced in a vehicle crash. Therefore, these vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 201: "Occupant Protection in Interior Impacts."
To correct this condition on vehicles involved, three (3) small foam pads are to be installed on the console compartment door opening as described in the
Service Procedure section of Campaign Bulletin 86-C-12.
Since the foam pads can be installed very easily and because we do not want to cause owners unnecessary inconvenience, three (3) foam pads are being
furnished directly to affected owners of record. Owners may install the pads personally or they may request dealer assistance for installation.
Dealers have been shipped sufficient quantities of foam pads to complete those vehicles on their printout which do not have an owner of record.
This letter is notice to you that the new motor vehicles included in this campaign may not comply with the standard identified above. Under Section 108
of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, it is illegal to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with an applicable
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. As a consequence, if you sell any of these motor vehicles without first performing the campaign correction, your
dealership may be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each such sale.
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 Oldsmobile 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.
If your dealership has vehicles involved in this campaign, you will receive the following: one printout of vehicles in VIN sequence and one printout of
vehicles in alphabetical sequence by owner name.
These printouts contain the complete Vehicle Identification Number and owner name and address data, and are furnished to the involved dealers with the
campaign bulletin. Owner name and address data will enable dealers to follow up with owners involved in this campaign.
These listings may contain owner names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration records. The use of such motor vehicle
registration data for any other purpose is a violation of law in several states. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this listing to the followup
necessary to complete this campaign.
