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SMU - SECTION 8A - REVISED PROCEDURE TO RESET ALARM

SUBJECT: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE - SECTION 8A - REVISED PROCEDURE TO RESET THE MULTI-FUNCTION ALARM MODULE

MODELS: 1995 CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1995 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO RESET THE MULTI-FUNCTION ALARM MODULE FOR SECTION 8A-76: AUDIBLE WARNINGS - CHIME, AND SECTION 8A-114: INTERIOR LIGHTS OF THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE MANUAL.

IN VARIOUS AREAS OF CELL 76 AND CELL 114, IT IS NOTED THAT TO RESET THE MULTI-FUNCTION ALARM MODULE, THE ALARM FUSE MUST BE REMOVED. THIS IS NOT CORRECT AND A NOTE SHOULD BE MADE IN BOTH CELLS THAT BATTERY FEED TO THE MULTI-FUNCTION ALARM MODULE MUST BE INTERRUPTED TO PERFORM RESET FUNCTION. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY REMOVING AND REPLACING THE INT LAMP FUSE.

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