6000 V6-173 2.8L (1988)
Technical Service Bulletin # 88C16
Date: 881201
Recall - Fuel Feed Hose
Number
88-C-16
Date
December 1988
Subject:
PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN 88-C-16 FUEL FEED HOSE
MODELS AFFECTED:
1988 PONTIAC 6000 EQUIPPED WITH 2.8L (RPO LB6, VIN CODE W) ENGINE
TO:
ALL PONTIAC DEALERS
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 sixty 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 attached copy of the letter which is being sent to owners, the owners are being instructed
to contact the Pontiac Customer Assistance Center 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, owners are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Defect, Vehicle, Owner and Dealer Campaign Information
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in certain 1988 Pontiac 6000 model vehicles equipped with
a 2.8L (RPO LB6) engine. The fuel feed hose could leak at the coupling on the engine end of the hose assembly. This condition could allow fuel to leak
into the engine compartment and an engine compartment fire may result without prior warning. Such a fire could, in time, spread to the passenger
compartment.
To prevent this condition from occurring, the fuel feed hose assembly must be inspected, and if necessary, replaced with a new hose assembly according
to instructions contained in the Service Procedure section of this bulletin.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are certain 1988 Pontiac 6000 model vehicles equipped with a 2.8L (RPO LB6) engine and produced within the following VIN breakpoints:
Up To
Plant
Beginning
And Including
Oshawa
J9215284
J9221654
Oklahoma City
J6200001
J6200006
Tarrytown
JT209295
JT214993
Involved vehicles have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. Computer listings contain the complete Vehicle
Identification Number, owner name and address data, and are furnished to the involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. Owner name and address data
furnished 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 follow-up
necessary to complete this campaign. Any dealer not receiving a computer listing with the campaign bulletin has no involved vehicles currently assigned.
OWNER NOTIFICATION
Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by Pontiac Division (see copy of Owner Letter included with this bulletin).
DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY
Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this campaign at no charge to owners, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership from this time
forward.
Whenever a vehicle subject to this campaign is taken into your new or used vehicle inventory, or it is in your dealership for service in the future, you
should take the steps necessary to be sure the campaign correction has been made before reselling or releasing the vehicle.