CAMPAIGN:INCORRECT TIRE SIZE INFORMATION OR CERTIFICATION
MODELS: 1988 K15 LIGHT TRUCKS BUILT AT OSHAWA TRUCK ASSEMBLY CENTER
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, provides that each vehicle which is subject to a recall campaign of this type must be adequately repaired within a reasonable time after the owner has tendered it for repair. A failure to adequately repair within 60 days after tender of a vehicle is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time.
If the condition is not adequately repaired within a reasonable time, the owner may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no charge, or to a refund of the purchase price less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
To avoid having to provide these burdensome solutions, every effort must be made to promptly schedule appointments with owners and to repair their vehicles as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the attached copy of the letter which is being sent to owners, the owner is being instructed to contact the nearest GMC Zone Office if the dealer does not remedy the condition within five days of the mutually agreed upon service date.If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, they are instructed how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has determined that certain 1988 K 15 light trucks were produced at the Oshawa Truck Assembly Center with incorrect tire informa- tion printed on the certification label. The trucks were assembled with the correct size tires, but the tire size data on the certification labels is incorrect. The incorrect tire information fails to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehide Safety Standard 120, "Tire Selection and Rims For Vehicles Other Than Passenger Cars".
To correct this condition, a new certification label is to be affixed to each affected vehicle.
Since a new certification label can be easily installed and to reduce owner inconvenience, new certification labels will be sent directly to owners of record. Owners may install the new label or ask a dealer to do the service. Dealer service is to be done at no charge to dealers.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are certain 1988 K15 light trucks built at Oshawa within the following VIN breakpoints:
MODEL ASSEMBLY YEAR PLANT FROM THROUGH ---- ----- ---- ------- 1988 Oshawa J1500295 J1529763
The specific vehicles involved in this campaign have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. These listings and a new certification label for each vehide for which there is no owner of record have been furnished to involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. If a vehicle has been recently delivered, and the owner's name is not on your VIN listing, please contact the owner to have the new certification label installed. It is your responsibility to see that the new certificaion labels are installed on recently sold vehicles.
DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY
Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this campaign at no charge to owners, regardless of milage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time forward. Dealers are to inspect and correct all affected vehicles in new and used vehicle stock prior to their sale.
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 ensure the campaign correction has been made before reselling or releasing the vehicle.
This bulletin is notice to you that the new motor vehicles involved in this campaign may not comply with the standard identified above. Under Section 108 of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, it is illegal for a dealer to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. As a consequence, if you see any of these motor vehicles without first performmg the campaign correction, your dealersbip may be subject to a civil penalty up to $1,000 for each such sale.
If no owner's name and address were available to GMC Truck Division at the time of campaign initiation, the dealer will determine the owner's name and address from the dealership sales records. Please provide this information directly on the second copy of the listing next to the applicable VIN so that our records may be updated and the appropriate notification mailed to the owner. This second copy should then be submitted to the address listed below in the previously supplied yellow campaign envelopes.
GMC Truck Division General Motors Corporation 101 Union Street Plymouth, Michigan 48170
OWNER NOTIFICATION
Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by GMC Truck Division (see copy of owner letter included with this bulletin). A listing of owner names and addresses has been furnished to the involved dealers to enable dealers to follow up with owners involved in this campaign. This listing may contain owner names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration records. The use of such motor vehide 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 this campaign.
SERVICE PROCEDURE
See instructions for installation of the label included with this bulletin.
PARTS INFORMATION
A new certification label required for each vehicle involved will be mailed to owners of record and involved dealers by GMC Truck. The label will contain the VIN and corresponding rim, tire inflation, and loading information.
If the existing label's VIN does not match the new label or the new label was not received, contact your Zone Office to make arrangements to receive a re- placement.
WARRANTY INFORMATION
Dealers should submit an accurately filled out Warranty Repair Order on each vehicle completed under this campaign.
LABOR OPERATION * TIME TROUBLE NUMBER DESCRIPTION ALLOWANCE CODE ------ ----------- --------- ---- V5410 Inspect for proper vehicle 0.2 Hr 96 data and install new certification label.
* For dealer to receive Administrative Time Allowance associated with this campaign, add 0.1 hour to the Labor Operation Time Allowance.
CAMPAIGN IDENTIFICATION LABEL
Each vehicle corrected in accordance with the instructions outlined in this product campaign bulletin will require a "Campaign Identification Label". Each label provides a space to include the five (5) digit dealer code of the dealer performmg the campaign service. This information may be inserted with a typewriter or ball point pen.
Each "Campaign Identification Label" is to be located on the radiator core support in an area which will be visible when the vehicle is brought in for periodic servicing by the owner.
Apply "Campaign Identification Label" only on a clean, dry surface.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
Procedures covering this campaign are outlined in Section V of your dealership's "GM Truck Claims Processing Manual" #P 8819.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Open driver's door
2. Verify that the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of the new Certification Label, enclosed with these instructions is the same as the existing label.
If the VIN of the new certification label is different than the existing label, contact your Zone Office to arrange to receive the correct label (the locations and telephone numbers of the Zone Offices are listed in your owners manual).
If the VIN of the new certification label is the same as the existing label, follow the remaining steps of this procedure and install the new label.
3. With an appropriate instrument, lift corner of Tire-Loading Information label and peel from door edge.
Clean the surface with soapy water and wipe dry.
4. Remove backing from new label, enclosed with these instructions, and carefully apply to vehicle in same location as original label.
NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE OR LOOSEN THE NEW LABEL ONCE IT HAS BEEN APPLIED AS THIS WILL DAMAGE THE LABEL AND MAKE IT ILLEGIBLE.
5. After completing enclosed postage paid owner reply card, return it to us.
Dear GMC Truck Owner:
This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
General Motors has determined that certain 1988 K15 trucks were produced at the Oshawa Truck Assembly Center with incorrect tire information printed on the certification label. The trucks were assembled with the correct size tires, but the tire size data on the certification labels is incorrect. The incorrect tire information fails to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 120, "Tire Selection and Rims For Vehicles Other Than Passenger Cars".
To correct this condition, a new certification label should be affixed to your truck. For your convenience, we have enclosed a new label. You may install it yourself. Just follow the instructions on the reverse side of this letter.
If you decide not to install the new label yourself, your GMC Truck dealer will be pleased to install it for you at no charge. If your dealer is unable to assist, we recommend you contact your nearest GMC Truck Zone Office. The telephone numbers of the Zone Offices are listed in your Warranty and Owner Assistance Information Manual.
After contacting your dealer and the Zone Office, if you are still not satisfied that we have done our best to remedy this condition without charge within a reasonable time, you may wish to write the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, or call 800-424-9393 (Washington, D.C. residents use 366-0123).
If you install the new certification label, or if you have sold or traded your truck, please let us know by completing the enclosed postage paid owner reply card and returning it to us. This will assist us in assuring that all affected vehicles have been corrected.
We are sorry to cause you 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.
