POWER/MANUAL SLIDING DOOR MAY NOT OPEN AT TIMES. Chevrolet Lumina APV 1994

SUBJECT: POWER/MANUAL SLIDING SIDE DOOR MAY NOT OPEN AT TIMES (REPLACE LOCK)

MODELS: 1994 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV BEFORE VIN RT144433 1994 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE BEFORE VIN RT319510 1994 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT BEFORE VIN RT232890

CONDITION:

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THEIR SLIDING SIDE DOOR MAY NOT OPEN AT TIMES, MAINLY IN COLD WEATHER.

CORRECTION:

1. REMOVE TRIM PAD AND WATER DEFLECTOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE LOCK ASSEMBLY.

2. REMOVE THE LOCK RODS FROM THE LOCK.

3. REMOVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.

4. REMOVE LOCK ASSEMBLY AND DISCARD.

5. INSTALL LOCK P/N 16629614.

6. REINSTALL ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, LOCK RODS AND WATER DEFLECTOR.

7. CHECK OPERATION OF THE LATCH.

8. REINSTALL TRIM PAD.

PART AVAILABILITY:

PARTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GMSPO.

WARRANTY INFORMATION:

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, USE: LABOR OPERATION: B5060 USE PUBLISHED LABOR OPERATION TIME.

FIGURES: 0

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