Recall - Seat Back Lock Inspection/Replacement: Overview
Model Year 1984Buletin No. 84-C-1
File in Group 10
Number 9
Date Feb. 1984
SUBJECT: INOPERATIVE SEAT BACK LOCKS
MODELS AFFECTED: 1984 CENTURY, REGAL, SKYHAWK, AND SKYLARK TWO-DOOR MODELS WITH BUCKET SEATS
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 an appointment with each owner and to repair their vehicle as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the attached copy of the letter which is being sent to owners, the owners are being instructed to contact the Buick Home Office if their dealer does not remedy the condition within five days of the agreed service date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, the owners are instructed how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.