Recall - Emission Label Installation
89chevy13NUMBER: 89-E-07
GROUP: 0A-GENERAL INFORMATION
DATE: July, 1989
SUBJECT: EMISSION LABEL INSTALLATION
MODELS: 1989 RV 25-35 TRUCKS BUILT AT JANESVILLE
General Motors has determined that certain 1989 RV 25-35 trucks equipped with 5.7L or 6.2L engines with heavy duty emissions, and built at Janesville were shipped without the specified emission (tuneup) label, which is required by the Clean Air Act. To correct this condition, it will be necessary to install an emission label. Since a label can be easily installed and to reduce owner inconvenience, the label will be sent directly to owners of record. Owners may install the label or they may ask a dealer to do the service. Dealer service is to be done at no charge to owners.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are certain 1989 RV 25-35 trucks built at Janesville. Vin's and servicing dealers (codes) are listed below:
Dealer Code VIN Engine
18-003 1GTHV33J8KJ501760 LL4 (6.2L)
10-143 1GDGR34K4KJ501791 L05 (5.7L)
51-213 1GTGR23K8KJ501793 L05 (5.7L)
06-069 1GDJV34K3KJ501802 L05 (5.7L)
53-484 1GDHR34K8KJ501846 L05 (5.7L)
44-020 1GTGR23K5KJ501847 L05 (5.7L)
The specific vehicles involved in this campaign have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. These listings and a new label for each vehicle for which there is no owner of record have been furnished to involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. If a vehicle has been recently delivered, and the owner's name is not on your VIN listing, please contact the owner to have the new label installed. It is your responsibility to see that the new label is in stalled on recently sold vehicles.
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 ensure 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. If no owner's name and address were available to GMC Truck Division at the time of campaign initiation, the dealer will determine the owner's name and address from the dealership sales records. Please( provide this information directly on the second copy of the listing next to the applicable VIN so that our records may be updated and the appropriate notification mailed to the owner. This second copy should then be submitted to the address listed below in the previously supplied yellow campaign envelopes.
GMC Truck Division General Motors Corporation 101 Union Street Plymouth, Michigan 48170
OWNER NOTIFICATION
Owners win be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by GMC Truck Division (see copy of Owner Letter included with this bulletin). A listing of owner names and addresses has been furnished to the involved dealers to enable dealers to follow up with owners involved in this campaign. This listing 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 this campaign.
SERVICE PROCEDURE
See Instruction for installation of the label included in this bulletin.
PARTS INFORMATION
A new label required for each vehicle involved will be mailed to owners of record and involved dealers by GMC Truck on a no charge basis. DO NOT ORDER THIS PART FROM GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE PARTS OPERATION (GMSPO).
PART VIN
NUMBER DESCRIPTION ENGINE CODE QTY.
10136289 Emission Label (DPC) 5.7L K AR
10136290 Emission Label (DPD) 5.7L K AR
10136297 Emission Label (DPN) 5.7L K AR
23503140 Emission Label (WFF) 6.2L J AR
23503143 Emission Label (WFK) 6.2L J AR
WARRANTY INFORMATION
Dealers should submit a warranty claim on each vehicle completed under this campaign. LABOR
OPERATION *TIME TROUBLE
NUMBER DESCRIPTION ALLOWANCE CODE
V5440 Install label .2 Hr. 96
* For dealer to receive Administrative Time Allowance associated with this campaign, add 0.1 hour to the Labor Operation Time Allowance.
CAMPAIGN IDENTIFICATION LABEL
Each vehicle corrected in accordance with the instructions outlined in this Product Campaign Bulletin will require a "Campaign Identification Label." Each label provides a space to include the five (5) digit dealer code of the dealer performing the campaign service. This information may be inserted with a typewriter or ball point pen. Each "Campaign Identification Label" is to be located on the radiator core support in an area which will be visible when the vehicle is brought in for periodic servicing by the owner. Apply "Campaign Identification Label" only on a clean, dry surface.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
Procedures covering this campaign are outlined in Section V of your dealership's "GM Truck Claims Processing Manual" #P 8819.
1. Open hood of vehicle.
2. Using a clean, dry cloth, wipe dirt, oil, etc. from side of air cleaner (see illustration below).
3. Remove backing from the new label and apply to clean panel.
4. Beginning at the center of the label and using a clean, dry cloth, smooth and secure the new label. Any air bubbles can be removed by puncturing with a pin and smoothing with the cloth.
NOTICE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE OR LOOSEN THE NEW LABEL ONCE IT HAS BEEN APPLIED, AS THIS WILL DEFACE THE LABEL.
Dew GMC Truck Owner:
General Motors has determined that certain 1989 RV 25-35 trucks equipped with 5.7 or 6.2L engines with heavy duty emissions, and built at Janesville, Wisconsin were shipped without the specified emission (tune-up) label, which is required by the Clean Air Act.
To correct this condition, it will be necessary to install an emission label.
Since a new label can be easily installed and to reduce owner inconvenience, we are enclosing a new label and installation instructions. If you desire, your GMC Truck dealer will install the label for you at no charge.
Please let us know if you elect to install the new label by completing the enclosed postage paid owner reply card and returning it to us. This will assist us in assuring that all affected vehicles have been corrected.
Should you choose to have a GMC dealer install the label, please contact your dealer to arrange a service date to have this correction made. Take the enclosed label with you. The labor time to perform this correction is approximately five (5) minutes. Please allow additional time for the dealer to process your vehicle.
If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please fill out the owner reply card and return it to us.
We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience: however, we have taken this action in the interest of our continued safisfaction with our products.