CRANK (OR NO CRANK) AND NO START AND/OR NO START. Buick Riviera 1990

SUBJECT: CRANK (OR NO CRANK), NO START AND/OR BCM CODE 334 (REPAIR FUSIBLE LINK SPLICE)

MODELS: 1986-91 CADILLAC ELDORADOS 1986-91 CADILLAC SEVILLES 1986-93 BUICK RIVIERAS 1986-92 OLDSMOBILE TORONADOS

CONDITION:

SOME OWNERS OF 1986-1989 CADILLAC ELDORADOS AND SEVILLES, AND 1986-1993 BUICK RIVIERAS AND 1986-1992 OLDSMOBILE TORONADOS MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION OF A CRANK BUT NO START AND POSSIBLY A BCM CODE 334 SET; OR SOME 1990-1991 ELDORADOS, SEVILLES, AND 1986-1993 RIVIERAS OR 1986-1992 TORONADOS MAY EXPERIENCE A NO CRANK AND NO START CONDITION AND POSSIBLY A BCM CODE 334 SET. THIS CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY A CORRODED SPLICE ON CIRCUIT 480 AT FUSIBLE LINK B (CADILLAC) OR FUSIBLE LINK J (RIVIERA AND TORONADO), LOCATED AT THE ISO POWER JUNCTION BLOCK. REFER TO FIGURE 1.

CAUSE:

CIRCUIT 480 AND FUSIBLE LINK B OR J IS THE "HOT AT ALL TIMES" FEED TO THE ECM ON ALL MODEL YEARS. IN 1990, CIRCUIT 480 AND FUSIBLE LINK B OR J ALSO BECAME THE "HOT AT ALL TIMES" FEED TO THE PASSKEY MODULE. THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE ADDITION OF THE NO CRANK CONDITION TO THE 1990 - 1993 MODEL YEARS.

CORRECTION:

TO REPAIR THIS CONDITION REPAIR FUSIBLE LINK SPLICE AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 8A-5 OF THE SERVICE INFORMATION MANUAL.

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY USE LABOR OPERATION N6270. USE PUBLISHED LABOR OPERATION TIME.

FIGURES: 1

Object Number: 81171 Size: LF

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