Defect & Vehicles Involved; Owner, Dealer & Parts Information

DEFECT INVOLVED

General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1988 Chevrolet Suburbans equipped with bucket seats and gray interior trim. Vehicles may have an inoperable driver's seat and/or shoulder belt locking mechanism. In day-to-day usage of the lap/shoulder belt, a driver may not notice the problem. In the event of a crash, however, the affected belt(s) would not lock, but would totally unwind before it would restrain the driver, and therefore could increase the possibility of injury to the seat occupant.
To prevent this condition from occurring, a new driver's seat belt assembly will be installed in each affected vehicle.

VEHICLES INVOLVED

Involved are certain 1988 R/V 10/20 Suburban with bucket seats (RPO A95) and gray interior (RPO 82I) built within the following VIN breakpoints:


PLANT FROM THROUGH

Flint Truck Assm. JF174146 JF175873


Involved vehicles have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. Computer listings contain the complete Vehicle Identification Number, owner name and address data, and are furnished to involved dealers with the 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. Any dealer not receiving a computer listing with the campaign bulletin has no involved vehicles currently assigned.

OWNER NOTIFICATION

Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by Chevrolet Motor Division (see copy of owner letter included with this bulletin).

DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY

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.
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.

PARTS INFORMATION

Parts required to complete this campaign are to be obtained from General Motors Service Parts Operations (GMSPO). To ensure these parts will be obtained as soon as possible, they should be ordered from GMSPO on a "C.I.O." order with no special instruction code, but on an advise code (2).

Quantity/
Part Number Description Vehicle

15583507 Driver's Front Seat 1
Belt Assembly (Gray)