Recall - Front Fuel Feed/Return Hoses Loose: Overview

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Model Year: 1990

Bulletin No.: 90-C-2

File In Group: 6C

Number: 2

Date: April, 1990


SUBJECT:
FRONT FUEL FEED/RETURN HOSES AT BODY RAIL

MODELS AFFECTED:
1990 SKYLARK


NOTICE:
ALL BUICK DEALERS WERE ADVISED OF THIS PRODUCT CAMPAIGN BY DCS # 90-05 ON APRIL 11, 1990.

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 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 Customer Assistance Center, 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.

CONDITION

General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in some 1990 Buick Skylark model vehicles. Some of these vehicles may have improperly torqued connections of the Front Fuel Feed/Return Hoses to the Fuel Pipes at the body rail. A fitting may loosen enough to leak fuel into the underhood area, and if an ignition source is present, could result in a fire.


VEHICLES INVOLVED

Involved are all 1990 Buick Skylarks within the following VIN range:

Plant Beginning Through and Including

Lansing LM042960 LM044072

DEALER ACTION

To prevent this condition from occurring, dealers are to torque the fittings of the Front Fuel Feed/Return Hoses at the body rail lines in the engine compartment on suspect vehicles per the Vehicles Involved and Service Procedure sections of this bulletin.