Defect Involved and Vehicles Involved

DEFECT INVOLVED AND VEHICLES INVOLVED

General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1992 Buick Century Station Wagons equipped with remote keyless entry systems. Some of these vehicles have a remote keyless entry receiver installed which will cause random actuation of interior lamps and/or door lock or tailgate release motors. This actuation may occur while the vehicle is in use or left unattended. If the tailgate release were to actuate while the vehicle was in motion, the tailgate could raise, and an unbelted occupant in the rearmost (third) seat could fall out of the vehicle resulting in injury.

To prevent this condition from occurring, dealers are to replace the remote keyless entry receiver with an improved receiver.

VEHICLES INVOLVED

Involved are certain 1992 Buick Century Station Wagons equipped with remote keyless entry system (RPO AUO). The specific vehicles and dealers they were shipped to are indicated below:

Buick Dealer Code VIN
16-002 1G4AH84N5N6456531
33-725 1G4AH84N3N6456866
35-240 1G4AH84N0N6456596
35-490 1G4AH84N0N6456064
35-635 1G4AH84N3N6455989
37-297 1G4AH84N6N6456120
37-582 1G4AL84N0N6456306
39-245 1G4AL84N9N6456370
39-435 1G4AH84N3N6456155
41-676 1G4AH84N4N6456469
43-565 1G4AH84N1N6456784
50-248 1G4AL84N3N6455974
50-911 1G4AL84N7N6456559

Involved vehicles have been identified by vehicle identification number computer listings. Computer listings, containing the complete vehicle identification number, owner name and address data, will be furnished to involved dealers with a paper copy of the DCS campaign bulletin. Owner name and address data furnished will enable dealers to follow up with owners involved in this campaign.

These listings 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 the follow-up necessary to complete this campaign.

OWNER NOTIFICATION

DCS message 92-16, dated April 9, 1992, was sent to affected Buick dealers with instructions to hold suspect vehicles. The campaign service procedure must be performed before owners take possession of these vehicles. Completion of this campaign lifts hold placed by DCS 92-16.

In the rare event that involved vehicles were sold prior to receipt of DCS 92-16, owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by Buick Motor Division. (See copy of owner letter included with this DCS.)

DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY

All unsold new vehicles in dealers' possession and subject to this campaign must be held and repaired per the service procedure of this campaign bulletin before owners take possession of these vehicles.

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.

Owners of vehicles, recently sold from your new vehicle inventory, are to be contacted by the dealer and arrangements made to make the required correction, according to instructions contained in this bulletin.

In summary, 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, please take the steps necessary to be sure the campaign correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle.