GENERAL WINDNOISE/WINRUSH REPL./CORR. WEATHERSTRIP/MOLD.

SUBJECT: GENERAL WINDNOISE/WINDRUSH (REPLACE/CORRECT WEATHERSTRIP/MOLDING)

MODELS: 1997-98 BUICK CENTURY, REGAL 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE

THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS INFORMATION ON SEVERAL CONDITIONS:

CONDITION #1:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON WINDNOISE AROUND THE MIRROR.

CAUSE:

RUN CHANNEL GAPS TO GLASS IN THE VERTICAL SECTION OF THE RUN CHANNEL AT THE MIRROR (SEE FIGURE 1). FIGURE 1 ALSO SHOWS HOW TO IDENTIFY AN OLD MOLDING TO A NEW ONE.

CORRECTION:

REPLACE RUN CHANNEL.

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ===========

RH - C0140 0.5 HR LH - C0141 0.5 HR

CONDITION #2:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON A BUZZ TYPE NOISE AT THE TOP OF THE DOOR, (DURING HOT WEATHER AND SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH, (96 KM/H)).

CAUSE:

FRONT DOOR UPPER REVEAL MOLDING VIBRATES AGAINST THE BODY.

CORRECTION:

REPLACE THE UPPER REVEAL MOLDING. THE NEW MOLDING HAS MORE MATERIAL FOR ADDED STIFFNESS. TO IDENTIFY AN OLD MOLDING (SEE FIGURE 2), THE OLD MOLDING HAS A PARTING LINE DOWN THE CENTER OF THE MOLDING.

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

RH - B7820 0.6 HR LH - B7821 0.6 HR

CONDITION #3:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON WINDNOISE AROUND THE MIRROR (BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR TRIM).

CAUSE:

LACK OF SEALER AROUND INNER DOOR PANEL SURFACES.

CORRECTION:

WITH THUMB GRADE SEALER, FILL THE HOLES SHOWN, USING STRIP CAULK BLACK P/N 08578 BY 3M(R), OR EQUIVALENT (SEE FIGURE 3).

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

RH - R3290 0.6 HR LH - R3291 0.6 HR

CONDITION #4:

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON A BUZZ TYPE NOISE AT THE TOP OF THE "B" PILLAR (DURING HOT WEATHER AND SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH).

CAUSE:

THE "B" PILLAR APPLIQUE SEAL VIBRATES AGAINST THE FRONT DOOR.

CORRECTION:

REPLACE THE REAR DOOR WINDOW APPLIQUE.

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

RH - B7990 0.7 HR LH - B7991 0.7 HR

CONDITION #5: (OLDSMOBILE ONLY)

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON A WHISTLE AROUND THE MIRROR.

CAUSE:

OUTER BELT REVEAL MOLDING UNDER THE MIRROR MAY HAVE COME LOOSE (SEE FIGURE 4).

CORRECTION:

CLEAN THE MATING SURFACES WITH AN ADHESIVE CLEANER AND REINSTALL MOLDING USING GOODWRENCH BLACK TOUGHENED ADHESIVE, P/N 12346067.

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

RH - B7840 0.2 HR LH - B7841 0.2 HR

CONDITION #6:

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THERE IS A WINDRUSH COMING FROM THE FRONT OR REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

CAUSE:

FRONT WINDSHIELD OR BACKLITE REVEAL MOLDING GAPS TO THE ROOF.

CORRECTION:

GLUE MOLDING TO THE ROOF, USING GOODWRENCH BLACK TOUGHENED ADHESIVE, P/N 12346067. IN SOME RARE OCCASIONS, THE GLASS MAY NEED TO BE REPOSITIONED IN THE OPENING.

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

FRONT - B7550 0.2 HR REAR - B8540 0.2 HR

CONDITION #7:

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON WINDRUSH AROUND THE MIRROR.

CAUSE:

GAPS AROUND THE MIRROR APPLIQUE.

CORRECTION:

REPOSITION MIRROR AND MIRROR APPLIQUE.

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

RH - R3290 0.6 HR LH - R3291 0.6 HR

CONDITION #8:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON ROAD NOISE AT THE TOP OF THE DOOR TRIM PAD.

CAUSE:

THIS CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY THE UPPER DOOR TRIM BEING PUSHED ON TOO FAR AND PULLING THE INNER BELT SEAL AWAY FROM THE GLASS (SEE FIGURE 5, ITEMS 1 AND 2).

CORRECTION:

WITH THE GLASS IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION, USE A TRIM STICK TO PULL THE UPPER LIP OF THE INNER BELT SEAL OUT FROM UNDER THE TRIM PAD FROM FRONT TO REAR (SEE FIGURE 5, ITEM 3).

LABOR OPERATION LABOR TIME =============== ==========

RH - C0120 0.2 HR LH - C0121 0.2 HR

PARTS INFORMATION:

DESCRIPTION P/N CARLINE ----------- --- -------

MLDG ASM-F/D UPR RVL 10413946 BUICK RH MLDG ASM-F/D UPR RVL 10413947 BUICK LH MLDG ASM-F/D UPR RVL 10413948 BUICK RH MLDG ASM-F/D UPR RVL 10413949 BUICK LH MLDG ASM-F/D UPR RVL 10413950 OLDS RH MLDG ASM-F/D UPR RVL 10413951 OLDS LH

APPLIQUE ASM - R/D WINDOW FRM. 10414215 OLDS RH 10414216 OLDS LH

APPLIQUE ASM - R/D WINDOW FRM. 10414217 BUICK RH 10414218 BUICK LH

PARTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GMSPO.

FIGURES: 05

ATTACHMENTS: 00

FIGURE 1 1. MOLD LINES ARE WIDER 2. RUN CHANNEL GAPS TO GLASS 3. NEW MOLDING HAS NARROWER MOLD LINES

FIGURE 2 1. OLD MOLDING WITH LINE DOWN CENTER OF MOLDING

FIGURE 3 1. SEAL ALL SHADED AREAS

FIGURE 4 1. REATTACH MOLDING UNDER MIRROR

FIGURE 5 1. SEALS PULLED AWAY FROM THE GLASS 2. SEALS TRAPPED BEHIND THE DOOR TRIM 3. CORRECT POSITION OF THE SEAL

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