Lights - Tail Lamp Assembly Housing Distorts

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Number: 89-255-SC

Section: 8C

Date: September 1989

Corporate Bulletin No.: 965011


Subject:
TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY HOUSING DISTORTS


Model and Year:
1988-89 C, K TRUCKS


TO: ALL CHEVROLET DEALERS


Some 1988 and 1989 C, K trucks may experience a condition where the tail lamp assembly housing can distort around the tail lamp bulb socket. This condition can prevent the removal of the tail lamp bulb. This condition was corrected in production through the introduction of a new tail lamp assembly housing construction using a material that is less sensitive to higher temperatures. Vehicles built after the VIN breakpoints listed below have been constructed with the new material.

Pontiac East Chevrolet KE206770

Oshawa Chevrolet K1206016

Fort Wayne Chevrolet KZ231522

If this condition occurs, a new tail lamp housing should be used to replace the affected parts. The part numbers are listed below.


Part Number Description

16511565 Back-plate (Tail-Lamp Housing)
LH Fleetside and Sportside

16511566 Back-Plate (Tail-Lamp Housing)
RH Fleetside and Sportside


Parts are currently available from GMSPO.

Labor Operation Labor Time

N1524 right side 0.2 Hrs
N1525 left side 0.2 Hrs