Recall - Brake Booster Assembly Defective: Overview

NO.: 93-C-03 (SAFETY)

DATE: FEBRUARY 1993

GROUP: CHBK

SUBJECT:
BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT

YEAR and MODEL:
1993 SATURN (ALL MODELS)

TO: ALL SATURN RETAILERS and AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, provides that each vehicle which is subject to a product 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 (60) days after tender of a vehicle is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time. If the condition is not repaired within a reasonable time, the owner may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no charge, or 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 owner letter, owners are being instructed to contact the Saturn Assistance Center if their Retailer does not remedy the condition within five (5) days of the service date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, owners are instructed how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

DEFECT INVOLVED

Saturn has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1993 model year Saturn vehicles produced during early February, 1993. Some of the vehicles involved in this campaign will require inspection only. The brake booster assemblies on the remaining vehicles were improperly manufactured by the supplier, which could cause the brake booster housing to come apart during a high effort braking maneuver. If this occurs, the driver may experience a loss of brake apply, which could result in a vehicle crash without prior warning. The action being taken is to inspect the brake booster assemblies on these vehicles and replace them, if necessary.

Most of the affected vehicles are in Retailer inventory and have not been delivered to customers. However, we are contacting owners of affected, delivered vehicles and asking them to make arrangements with a Saturn Retailer for service, or to have their vehicle transported to a Saturn Retail Facility for inspection, and replacement of the brake booster assembly if necessary.

VEHICLES INVOLVED

About 3,700 U.S. 1993 Saturn vehicles are involved. All 1993 Saturn vehicles in the following VIN range will require this campaign, except for the VIN's on the listing included in this bulletin (refer to "Non-Involved Vehicles within VIN Range"):

PZ215200 through PZ219322

Also, the following VIN's not in the above range are to be included in this campaign:

PZ214920, PZ214930, PZ215038, PZ215049 and PZ215069

Because Saturn builds in sequence order, which does not always match VIN order, there are some non-involved vehicles within the VIN range that do not require this campaign. It is important to note that campaign claims will only be paid on involved vehicles.