CAMPAIGN: CERTIFICATION LABEL INCORRECT- OSHAWA PLANT ONLY
MODELS: 1982 LIGHT DUTY C-K 15, 25, 35 (GM OF CANADA OSHAWA TRUCK PLANT ONLY)
General Motors has determined that certain 1982 C-K 15, 25, 35 Series Light Duty Trucks do not conform to the federal certification labeling requirements. The trucks as ordered and delivered were assembled correctly; however, the certification label omits the required words: "This vehicle conforms to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards in effect." The correct certification label is to be affixed to each affected vehicle.
VEHICLES INVOLVED:
Involved are certain 1982 C-K 15, 25, and 35 series Light Duty Trucks within the following production breakdown points:
Plant From To ----- ---- -- Oshawa C1533851 C1534364
The specific vehicles involved in this campaign have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. These listings are furnished to aH involved dealers with the campaign bulletin.
DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY
This recall campaign is to be performed at no charge to owners on all affected vehicles regardless of time, mileage, or ownership. Dealers are to inspect and correct all affected vehicles in new and used car 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 be sure the campaign correction has been made.
This bulletin is notice to you that some of the new motor vehicles included in this campaign do not conform to the federal certification labeling requirements 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 conform to this labeling requirement. 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 for each such sale.
On vehicles involved in this campaign that have been recently sold to a retail owner, where no owner's name and address were available to GMC Truck 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 General Motors Corporation 101 Union Street Plymouth, Michigan 48170
OWNER NOTIFICATION
Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by GMC Truck (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 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 this campaign.
SERVICE PROCEDURE
Dealers are to contact the GMC Zone Service Manager in his area prior to making an appointment with an involved owner. The Zone Office will schedule an appointment with an involved owner. The Zone Office will schedule an appointment time mutually agreeable to all parties concerned for the installation of the Certification Label in order to minimize the inconvenience to the 6wner.
Certification Labels have been furnished to each involved GMC Zone Service Manager.
Each vehicle involved must be inspected and corrected as follows:
1. Open driver's door and locate the old certification label, (P/N 52351605).
2. Clean the surface of the old label with soapy water and wipe dry.
3. Remove backing from new label, (P/N 52350768), and carefully apply label over old label.
NOTICE: 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.
Under the direct personal supervision of a GMC Wholesale Representative, each vehicle involved will be inspected and corrected.
Prior to making the correction, the GMC Wholesale personnel must be certain that the vehicle data (Certification Label) corresponds to the involved vehicle being corrected.
PARTS INFORMATION
The certification labels will be supplied by GMC Truck on a no-charge basis. The correct P/N is 52350768.
CAMPAIGN IDENTIFICATION LABEL
Each vehicle modified 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 performing the campaign service. This information may be inserted with a typewriter or ballpoint 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 "GMC Truck Claims Processing Manual" issued October, 1981.
Dear GMC Truck Owner:
General Motors has determined that certain 1982 C-K 15, 25, 35 Series Light Duty Trucks do not conform to the federal certification labeling requirements. The trucks as ordered and delivered were assembled correctly; however, the cerfification label omits the required words: "This vehicle conforms to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards in effect."
To correct this condition on your vehicle, please contact your GMC Truck dealer and schedule a service date for installing a new certification label. This modification will be performed by a GMC Truck Representative at no charge to you.
Instructions and labels will be available approximately November 2, 1982. It is estimated the actual time necessary to perform the labor to install the new labels will be approximately fifteen (15) minutes. Please allow additional time for the dealer to process your vehicle.
The enclosed owner reply card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of this card to your dealer will assist them in making the necessary correction to your vehicle in the shortest possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage paid owner reply card and returning it to us.
We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your 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.
