INFO. ON POOR RADIO RECEPTION CAUSED BY WINDOW. Buick Skylark 1998

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SUBJECT: INFORMATION ON POOR RADIO RECEPTION CAUSE BY WINDOW TINTING FILM ON BACK GLASS

MODELS: 1996-98 BUICK SKYLARK 1997-98 BUICK LESABRE 1997-98 BUICK PARK AVENUE/ULTRA 1997-98 BUICK CENTURY 1997-98 BUICK REGAL

AFTER THE DEALER AND/OR CUSTOMER HAS TINT INSTALLED ON THE REAR WINDOW, THE RADIO RECEPTION IS NEAR NON-EXISTENT ON AM AND POOR ON FM. THE METALLIC CONTENT OF THE TINT PROVIDES A GROUND PATH BETWEEN THE TWO ANTENNA GRIDS ON THE REAR WINDOW RENDERING THE ANTENNA INCAPABLE OF RECEPTION.

METALLIC TINT PLACED ON THE REAR WINDOW MUST BE REMOVED AND/OR REAR WINDOW REPLACED.

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