Defect and Vehicle Involved, Owner Notification and Dealer Campaign Information
DEFECT INVOLVEDGeneral Motors has determined that certain 1988 Pontiac Sunbird model vehicles may fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 212, "Windshield Mounting".
These vehicles may exhibit poor bond adhesion between the windshield glass and mounting, which could allow the windshield to separate from the vehicle during a collision. Should windshield separation occur during a collision, an unbelted occupant could be ejected from the vehicle and personal injury could occur.
To correct this condition, dealers are to remove and reinstall the windshield on all involved vehicles according to the service procedure described in this bulletin.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
There are eighteen (18) vehicles involved in this campaign. Vehicle Identification Numbers of the involved vehicles are listed below:
VIN Dealer Code
1G2JU11M6J7572963 07-652
1G2JD11KXJ7572964 09-766
1G2JB51K5J7572965 06-489
1G2JD11K7J7572968 01-097
1G2JB51K9J7572970 03-002
1G2JB51K2J7572972 21-365
1G2JU11K2J7572974 06-357
1G2JB51K8J7572975 10-300
1G2JU11M8J7572978 06-750
1G2JD11K1J7572979 09-665
1G2JD51K8J7572985 10-531
1G2JU11M7J7572986 06-678
1G2JD11K2J7572988 09-653
1G2JD11K3J7572997 06-672
1G2JB51K0J7572999 10-024
1G2JD11K8J7573000 03-248
1G2JU11M8J7573001 10-383
1G2JD51K4J7573003 06-676
This bulletin is notice to you, that the new motor vehicles included in this campaign may not comply with the standard identified above. Under Section 108 of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, it is illegal for a dealer to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with an applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. As a consequence, if you sell any of these motor vehicle without first performing the campaign correction, your dealership may be subject to a civil penalty up to $1,000 for each such sale.
OWNER NOTIFICATION
Owners will not be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by Pontiac Division as dealers were instructed by their Pontiac Manager-Zone Service that the involved vehicles were to be held and not sold.
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.