Recall - Alternator Battery Terminal Rubs Fuel Line: Overview

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Model Year 1986

Bulletin No. 86-C-2

File In Group 6C

Number 2

Date Oct. 1985
SUBJECT: GENERATOR BATTERY TERMINAL RUBS FUEL LINE

MODELS AFFECTED: 1986 CENTURYS EQUIPPED WITH 2.8L (LE2) ENGINE (VIN CODE X) AND 108 AMP (K90) GENERATOR


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 sixty (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 the 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 (5) days of the agreed service date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, the owners are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.