CAMPAIGN: INCORRECT FUEL FILL HOUSING INSTALLED W/ RPO N08
MODELS: 1989 M-VAN WITH REMOTE CONTROL LOCKING FUEL FILLER DOORS (N08)
General Motors has determined that certain 1989 M-Vans equipped with remote control locking fuel filler doors (N08) were shipped with the incorrect fuel filler housing. Fuel filler housings for leaded fuel option were installed. The incorrect housing does not have the words "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" molded in along the bottom flange. Without these words, these vehides do not meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. To correct this condition, it will be necessary to install a label which reads "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY". Since a new label can be easily installed and to reduce owner inconvenience, the label will be sent directly to owners of record. Owners may install the label or they may ask a dealer to do the service. Dealer service is to be done at no charge to owners.
Vehicies Involved
Involved are certain 1989 M-Vans built within the following VIN breakpoints:
Model Year Model Plant From Through ---- ----- ----- ---- ------- 1989 M-Vans Baltimore KB500831 KB500962
The specific vehicles involved in this campaign have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. These listings and a new label for each vehicle 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 hsting, please contact the owner to have the new label installed. It is your responsibility to see that the new label is 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 mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time forward. Whenever a vehide 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. Owners of vehicles recently sold from your new vehide inventory are to be contacted by the dealer and arrangements made to make the required cor- rection according to instructions contained in this bulletin. 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
LABEL INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
A LABEL STATING "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" MUST BE ADDED TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE FUEL FILLER DOOR.
1. SURFACE PREPARATION
A. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE INSTALLATION OF THE SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL, THE AREA OF APPLICATION (SEE FIGURE) MUST BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED.
B. WIPE OFF ALL LOOSE DIRT AND GREASE WITH A CLEAN, DRY CLOTH AND THEN CLEAN SURFACE WITH 50% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (HOUSEHOLD RUBBING ALCOHOL) TO REMOVE ALL GREASE OR OIL.
C. DRY SURFACE WITH A CLEAN, DRY CLOTH.
D. D0 NOT APPLY LABEL IF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE FUEL DOOR IS BELOW 65 DEGREES FAHRENHEIDT.
2. LABEL APPLICATION
A. FIRMLY HOLD EITHER FRONT HALF OR REAR HALF OF LABEL TO SURFACE. REMOVE PROTECTIVE LINER FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE OTHER HALF OF THE LABEL. (THE PROTECTIVE LINER IS SPLIT IN HALF TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF EITHER HALF OF LINER SEPARATELY.)
NOTE: BE CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH OR CONTAMINATE THE STICKY SURFACE BY ALLOWING DIRT OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN MATTER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH IT.
B. STILL FIRMLY HOLDING ONE HALF OF THE LABEL, PRESS THE OTHER HALF OF LABEL (WITH LINER REMOVED) FIRMLY TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE FILLER DOOR AND SMOOTH OUT WRINKLES OR BUBBLES.
C. REMOVE PROTECTIVE LINER FROM REMAINING HALF OF LABEL AND PRESS FIRMLY TO SURFACE AND SMOOTH OUT REMAINING WRINKLES OR BUBBLES.
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 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
See instructions for installation of the label.
Parts Information
A new label required for each vehicle involved will be mailed to owners of record and involved dealers by GMC Truck on a no charge basis. If additional labels are required, they may be obtained by contacting Adistra Corporation, (313) 455-9072.
Part Number Description Quantity ----------- ----------- -------- 14039920 Label "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" 1
Do not order this part from General Motors Service Parts Operation (GMSPO).
Warranty Information
Dealers should submit a warranty claim on each vehicle completed under this campaign.
Labor Operation *Time Parts Trouble Number Description Allowance Allowance Code ------ ----------- --------- --------- ---- V 5350 Inspect only. .2 Hr 96 Label previously Installed
V 5351 Install label .2 Hr $ .15 96
* For dealer to receive Administrative Time Allowance associated with this campaign, add 0.1 hour to the Labor Operation Time Allowance.
** The 15 cents amount identified in the "Parts Allowance" column above represents 30% of dealer net for parts that were furnished by GMC Truck Division. This amount is to be placed in the Net Item Amount column of the claim and use type Code "M".
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 performing 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 dealerships "GM Truck Claims Processing Manual" #P 8819.
Dear GMC Truck Owner:
General Motors has determined that certain 1989 M-Vans equipped with remote control locking fuel filler doors (NO8) were shipped with the incorrect fuel filler housing. The incorrect housing does not have the words "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" molded in along the bottom flange. Without these words, these vehicles do not meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act.
To correct this condition, it will be necessary to install a label which reads "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY".
Since a new label can be easily installed and to reduce owner inconvenience, we are enclosing a new label and installation instructions. If you desire, your GM truck dealer will install the label for you at no charge.
Please let us know if you elect to install the new label 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.
If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please fill out the reply card and return 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.
GMC TRUCK DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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.
