Condition, Vehicles Involved, Dealer Action & Owner Notification Information

CONDITION

General Motors has determined that some 1988 Centurys fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 210 which covers seat belt assembly anchorages.

The owner's manual information did not include the following statement:

CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO BE SECURED IN VEHICLE SEATS EITHER BY THE LAP BELT, OR THE LAP PORTION OF THE LAP-SHOULDER BELT AT THAT SEATING POSITION. THE CHILD MUST ALSO BE SECURED WITHIN THE RESTRAINT BY THE MEANS PROVIDED BY THE CHILD RESTRAINT MANUFACTURER. IF THE CHILD OR THE CHILD RESTRAINT IS NOT PROPERLY SECURED, THE CHILD RISKS PERSONAL INJURY IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.

To correct this error, new Owner's Manuals will be provided for each vehicle involved.
Since Owner's Manuals can be replaced very easily in the "glove box", and because we do not want to cause owners unnecessary inconvenience, the new Owner's Manuals have been furnished directly to affected owners from records available to Buick.

If your dealership has vehicles involved in this campaign, you will receive a VIN listing of vehicles, and an Owner's Manual for each vehicle for which we have no owner of record. If a vehicle has been recently delivered and the owner's name is not on your VIN listing please contact the owner to ensure the new Owner's Manual has been received by the owner. It is your responsibility to see that updated Owner's Manuals are replaced in these vehicles.

This bulletin is notice to you that the new motor vehicles included in this campaign may not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 210. Under National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Section 108, it is illegal for a dealer to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with an applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety regulation. 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 of each such sale.

VEHICLES INVOLVED

All 1988 Centurys with the following serial numbers:

Assembly Through &
Plant From Including

Oklahoma City J6407314 J6411344
Tarrytown JT403336 JT406352

DEALER ACTION

As stated previously, 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 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 before reselling or releasing the vehicle.

OWNER NOTIFICATION

As stated previously, owners of record are being notified of this campaign and sent a replacement Owner's Manual. A copy of the Owner letter is included with this bulletin.