Recall - Incorrect Fuel Filler Housing Installed: Overview
89chevy11NUMBER: 89-E-03
GROUP: 6C - Engine Fuel
DATE: June, 1989
SUBJECT: INCORRECT FUEL FILLER HOUSING INSTALLED
MODELS: 1989 M-VAN WITH REMOTE CONTROL LOCKING FUEL FILLER DOORS (NO8)
General Motors has determined that certain 1989 M-Vans equipped with remote control locking fuel filler doors (NO8) were shipped with the incorrect fuel filler housing. Fuel filler housings for leaded fuel option were installed. The incorrect housing does not have the words "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" molded in along the bottom flange. Without these words, these vehicles do not meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. To correct this condition, it will be necessary to install a label which reads "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY". Since a new 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 M-Vans built within the following VIN breakpoints:
Model
Year Model Paint From Through
1989 M-Vans Baltimore KB500831 KB500962
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 installed 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 will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by GMC Truck Division (see copy of Owner Letter included with this bulletin). A listing 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 instructions for installation of the label.
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. If additional labels are required, they may be obtained by contacting Adistra Corporation, (313) 455-9072.
Part Number Description Quantity
14039920 Label "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" 1
Do not order this part from General Motors Service Parts Operation (GMSPO).
Warrnty Information
Dealers should submit a warranty claim on each vehicle completed under this campaign.
Labor
Operation *Time **Parts Trouble
Number Description Allowance Allowance Code
V 5350 Inspect only. .2 Hr 96
Label previously Installed
V5351 Install label .2 Hr $ .15 96
* For dealer to receive Administrative Time Allowance associated with this campaign, add 0.1 hour to the Labor Operation Time Allowance. **The 15cts amount identified in the "Parts Allowance" column above represents 30% of dealer net for parts that were furnished by GMC Truck Division. This amount is to be placed in the Net Item Amount column of the claim and use type Code "M".
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.
FIGURE 1. "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" LABEL INSTALLATION:
LABEL INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
A LABEL STATING "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" MUST BE ADDED TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE FUEL FILLER DOOR.
1. SURFACE PREPARATION
A. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE INSTALLATION OF THE SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL, THE AREA OF APPLICATION (SEE FIGURE) MUST BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED.
B. WIPE OFF ALL LOOSE DIRT AND GREASE WITH A CLEAN, DRY CLOTH AND THEN CLEAN SURFACE WITH 50% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (HOUSEHOLD RUBBING ALCHOL) TO REMOVE ALL GREASE OR OIL.
C. DRY SURFACE WITH A CLEAN, DRY CLOTH.
D. DO NOT APPL LABEL IF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE FUEL DOOR IS BELOW 65 DEGREES FAHRENHEIDT.
2. LABEL APPLICATION
A. FIRMLY HOLD EITHER FRONT HALF OF REAR HALF OF LABEL TO SURFACE. REMOVE PROTECTIVE LINER FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE OTHER HALF OF THE LABEL. (THE PROTECTIVE LINER IS SPLIT IN HALF TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF EITHER HALF OF LINER SEPARATELY.
NOTE: BE CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH OR CONTAMINATE THE STICKY SURFACE BY ALLOWING DIRT OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN MATTER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH IT.
B. STILL FIRMLY HOLDING ONE HALF OF THE LABEL, PRESS THE OTHER HALF OF LABEL (WITH LINER REMOVED) FIRMLY TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE FILLER DOOR AND SMOOTH OUT WRINKLES OR BUBBLES.
C. REMOVE PROTECTIVE LINER FROM REMAINING HALF OF LABEL AND PRESS FIRMLY TO SURFACE AND SMOOTH OUT REMAINING WRINKLES OR BUBBLES.