Recall - Potential For Engine Fires: Overview
90pontiac22Number 88-C-23 Date 06/90
PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN - 88-C-23
Subject: LACK OF ADEQUATE SERVICE OR MAINTENANCE
MODELS AFFECTED 1984-88 PONTIAC FIERO MODELS
WITH 2.5L L4 ENGINES (RPO LR8)
"THIS CAMPAIGN BULLETIN SUPPLEMENTS CAMPAIGN BULLETIN 84-C-15B DATED MARCH 1989 AND SUPERSEDES CAMPAIGN BULLETIN 87-C-11 DATED JANUARY 1989. PLEASE DISCARD BULLETIN 87-C-11."
TO: ALL PONTIAC DEALERS
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, provides that each vehicle which is subject to a recall campaign of this type, must be adequately repaired within a reasonable time after the owner has tendered it for repair. A failure to adequately repair within sixty days after tender of a vehicle is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time.
If the condition is not adequately repaired within a reasonable time, the owner may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no charge or to a refund of the purchase price less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
To avoid having to provide these burdensome solutions, every effort must be made to promptly schedule an appointment with each owner and to repair their vehicle as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the attached copy of the letter which is being sent to owners, the owners are being instructed to contact the Pontiac Customer Assistance Center if their dealer does not remedy the condition within five days of the mutually agreed upon service date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, owners are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.