CAMPAIGN: INCORRECT VAC HOSE CONNECTION AT VAC REG VALVE

CONDITION GENERAL MOTORS HAS DETERMINED THAT SOME 1985 NINETY-EIGHT MODELS WERE ASSEMBLED WITH THE VACUUM HOSES REVERSED AT THE VACUUM REGULATOR VALVE (VRV). THIS MAY CAUSE HARSH TRANSAXLE SHIFTS AND COULD RESULT IN ACCELERATED CLUTCH LINING WEAR. DEALER ACTION TO PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS OCCURRING, DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT THE VACUUM HOSE CONNECTIONS AT THE VRV AND REVERSE THE HOSES IF NECESSARY ON ALL INVOLVED VEHICLES. SERVICE PROCEDURE 1. OPEN HOOD AND REMOVE AIR CLEANER. 2. INSPECT BOTH VACUUM HOSES AT THE VRV CONNECTOR. THE OUTSIDE HOSE (PASSENGER SIDE) SHOULD BE THE VACUUM SOURCE. THE INSIDE HOSE ON THE CONNECTOR SHOULD GO TO THE QUICK VACUUM RESPONSE (QVR) VALVE AND THEN TO THE TRANSAXLE VACUUM MODULATOR. REFER TO FIGURE 1 FOR PROPER HOSE ASSEMBLY. 3. IF THE ABOVE INSPECTION SHOWS THE VACUUM HOSES TO BE PROPERLY ASSEMBLED, NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. IF THE HOSES ARE REVERSED REMOVE THE VACUUM HOSES AT THE CONNECTOR, REVERSE THEIR POSITION AND REINSTALL IN THE CONNECTOR. 4. INSTALL AIR CLEANER. 5. CLOSE HOOD.

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