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A/C NOT COOLING AT IDLE POOR CONDEN. CORE AIR FLOW

INSUFFICIENT AIR CONDITIONING COOLING DURING IDLE/SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OR ON STEEP GRADES IN HOT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES

1985-86 NINETY-EIGHT AND 1986 TORONADO AND DELTA 88

This bulletin supersedes Dealer Technical Bulletin 86-T-37 dated June 9,1986.

When a 1985 or 1986 model car listed above is operated at high ambient temperatures with the air conditioning on and under operating conditions such as driving up long, steep highway grades, idling the engine, or driving in congested city traffic, the driver may experience intermittent reduced air conditioning performance.

This reduced air conditioning performance may be the result of insufficient air flow through the condenser core. To improve this air flow, a new coolant fan air conditioning pressure switch, with lower turn-on pressure, went into production effective with the following serial numbers:

Assembly Plant Plant Code VIN Breakpoint -------------- ---------- -------------- Delta 88 Wentzville 1 Start of Production Willow Run W GW307568

Ninety-Eight Lake Orion 4 G4317393 Wentzville 1 G1312436

Toronado Hamtramack U GU308905

To repair this condition on vehicies built before the breakpoints listed, replace the coolant fan air conditioning pressure switch with part number 25527510 (black plastic case).

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