INFORMATION OMITTED FROM BUICK OWNER'S MANUAL (SEAT BELTS)

SUBJECT: INFORMATION OMITTED FROM BUICK OWNER'S MANUAL

MODELS AFFECTED: 1990 REGAL

CONDITION

General Motors has determined that the owner's manuals in certain 1990 Regal model vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection". Owner's manuals for these vehicles did not fully explain how the front shoulder belt comfort feature works.

In order to comply with FMVSS No. 208 and to reduce owner inconvenience, Buick Motor Division will mail owner's manual stickers containing the missing comfort feature information to the owners of the involved vehicles.

VEHICLES INVOLVED

Involved are certain 1990 Regals within the following VIN breakpoints:

Assembly Through and Plant From Including ------- -------- ----------- Oshawa L1400250 L1426991

DEALER ACTION

To provide the missing text, dealers are to install a sticker at the appropriate location in the owner's manual on all vehicles in inventory or recently delivered. As previously stated, owners of record are being instructed on how they can correct their vehicles themselves.

DEALER MATERIAL

If your dealership has vehicles involved in this campaign, you will receive a VIN listing of vehicles; and a sticker to apply to the owner's manual on page 26 for each vehicle for which we have no owner of record. If a vehicle has been recently delivered and the owner's name is not on your VIN listing, please contact the owner to ensure the sticker has been received by the owner. It is your responsibility to see that the owner's manuals are updated in these vehicles.

Involved vehicles have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. Computer listings contain the complete Vehicle Identification Number, owner name and address data, and are furnished to involved dealers with the campaign bulletin.

These listings may contain owner names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any other purpose is a violation of law in several states. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this listing to the follow-up necessary to complete this campaign. Any dealer not receiving a computer listing with the campaign bulletin has no involved vehicles currently assigned.

This bulletin is notice to you that the new motor vehicles included in this campaign may not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208. Under National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Section 108, it is illegal for a dealer to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with an applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety regulation. As a consequence, if you sell any of these motor vehicles without first performing the campaign correction, your dealership may be subject to a civil penalty up to $1,000 of each such sale.

DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY

Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this campaign at no charge to owners, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time forward.

Whenever a vehicle subject to this campaign is taken into your new or used vehicle inventory, or it is in your dealership for service in the future, you should take the steps necessary to be sure the campaign correction has been made before reselling or releasing the vehicle.

OWNERSHIP NOTIFICATION

Owners of vehicles involved in this campaign will be notified by Buick Motor Division (see copy of owner letter included with this bulletin).

SHIPMENT OF PARTS

The correct quantity of stickers are being shipped to each dealer on a "NO CHARGE" basis (only for VIN's on your listing with no owner name). If transfer vehicles make additional stickers necessary, contact your Zone/Branch office.

SERVICE PROCEDURE

1. Install sticker in Regal Owner's Manual next to the bottom picture on page 26 (see illustration).

NOTICE: If an owner should request your assistance in installing the sticker, provide this service at no charge to the owner.

WARRANTY INFORMATION

SUBLET PART FAILED PARTS FAILURE LABOR LABOR OTHER DEALER OPER. COUNT PART NO. ALLOW. CODE OP. NO. HOURS HOURS MTL. TWG. ----- ----- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ----- --------- o Install Owner's Manual Sticker -- -- -- 96 V5890 .2 *.1 --

* Dealer Administration Allowance

Dear Buick Owner:

This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

Reason For Recall

General Motors has determined that the owner's manuals in certain 1990 Regal model vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection". Owner's manuals for these vehicles did not fully explain how the front shoulder belt comfort feature works.

What We Will Do

In order to comply with the above mentioned standard (FMVSS 208), and to reduce your inconvenience, Buick Motor Division has sent the enclosed sticker for you to insert in your owner's manual.

What You Should Do

Please insert the enclosed sticker next to the bottom picture on page 26 (see illustration on back side of this letter). After you install the sticker, or if you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage-paid owner reply card enclosed and returning it to US. This will assist us in assuring that all affected vehicles have been corrected and also will eliminate follow up notifications.

If you are not satisfied with the action we have taken to remedy this noncompliance, you may submit a complaint to the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20590, or call the toll free Auto Safety Hotline 1-800-424-9393 (Washington D. C. residents may call 366-0123).

We are sorry to cause this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your safety and continued satisfaction with our products.

General Motors bulletins are intended for use by professional technicians, not a "do-it-yourselfer". They are written to inform those technicians of conditions that may occur on some vehicles, or to provide information that could assist in the proper service of a vehicle. Properly trained technicians have the equipment, tools, safety instructions and know-how to do a job properly and safely. If a condition is described, do not assume that the bulletin applies to your vehicle, or that your vehicle will have that condition. See a General Motors dealer servicing your brand of General Motors vehicle for information on whether your vehicle may benefit from the information.