BUILT PRIOR TO VIN BREAKPOINT:
VIN MODEL LOCATION BREAKPOINTS ========== ========================== =============
MALIBU WILMINGTON WY187500 OKLAHOMA CITY W6251325
CUTLASS OKLAHOMA CITY W6346271 ALERO LANSING PLANT C XC300281
GRAND AM LANSING PLANT C XC509065 LANSING PLANT M XM742025
SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ABOUT A SQUEAK OR SQUAWK TYPE NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH AREA WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.
THIS CONDITION MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE COMPOSITION/FORMULATION OF THE MATERIAL UTILIZED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE REAR SEAL OF THE VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER.
REPLACE EXISTING VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER WITH A NEW ASSEMBLY SELECTED FROM THOSE LISTED BELOW BY VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. FOLLOW SERVICE PROCEDURE IN THE APPLICABLE SERVICE MANUAL.
P/N DESCRIPTION VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL =========== ===================== ============================
18041443 POWER BRAKE BOOSTER CHEVROLET MALIBU OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS PONTIAC GRAND AM SE
18041444 POWER BRAKE BOOSTER OLDSMOBILE ALERO PONTIAC GRAND AM GT
PARTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GMSPO.
FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, USE:
LABOR OPERATION LABOR OPERATION NUMBER DESCRIPTION TIME =============== ===================================== ==============
H1220 BOOSTER ASSEMBLY, VACUUM POWER BRAKE - 1.2 HRS REPLACE
FIGURES: 00 ATTACHMENTS: 00
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