CAMPAIGN: POWER SEAT WIRING HARNESS - 6 WAY POWERSEAT
Subject: PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN - 91-C-10 POWER SEAT WIRING HARNESS
MODELS AFFECTED: 1990-91 6000 MODEL VEHICLES WITH 6-WAY POWER SEAT OR POWER RECLINER
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 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 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 that 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 (5) days of the mutually agreed upon service date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, they are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1990- 91 6000 model vehicles with 6-way power seats or power recliners. The power seat or recliner wiring harness routing in these vehicles may cause the harness to become pinched or chafed on the seat frame or spring support rod causing possible intermittent short circuits. These short circuits may then cause the circuit breaker to weld closed and the unprotected short circuit could generate sufficient heat at the shorted location to produce smoke and/or ignite the seat cushion materials.
To prevent this condition from occurring, dealers are to inspect the wiring harness and, after repairing any abraded areas, reroute the harness using a wiring harness clip.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are certain 1990-91 6000 model vehicles with 6-way power seats or power recliners built within the following VIN breakpoints:
Up To And Year Plant Beginning Including ----- -------------- --------- --------- 1990 Oklahoma City L6200001 L6266384
1991 Oklahoma City M6200001 M6231677
Involved vehicles have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. Computer listings contain the complete Vehicle Identification Number, owner name and address data, and are furnished to the involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. Owner name and address data furnished will enable dealers to follow-up with owners involved in this campaign.
These listings 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 the follow-up necessary to complete this campaign. Any dealer not receiving a computer listing with the campaign bulletin has no involved vehicles currently assigned.
OWNER NOTIFICATION
Owners will be notified of this campaign on their vehicles by Pontiac Division (see copy of Owner Letter included with this bulletin).
DEALER CAMPAIGN RESPONSIBILITY
All unsold new vehicles in dealers' possession and subject to this campaign must be held and inspected/repaired per the Service Procedure of this campaign bulletin before owners take possession of these vehicles.
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.
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.
In summary, 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, please take the steps necessary to be sure the campaign correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle.
PARTS INFORMATION
Parts required to complete this campaign are to be obtained from General Motors Service Parts Operation (GMSPO). To ensure that these parts are obtained as soon as possible, they should be ordered from GMSPO on a C.I.O. order with no special instruction code, but on advise code (2).
Quantity Description Part Number Per Vehicle ------------ ------------ ------------- Clip, Fuel Feed & Vapor Return 10112015 1 or 2 Clips, (Used in this application as a wiring clip) As Required
Each dealer with involved vehicles will be preshipped a number of wiring clips equal to 30% of the number of vehicles to be repaired (minimum of one clip). The clips will be charged to the dealer's open account.
SERVICE PROCEDURE
1. Move seat to full rearward position. On a 6-way power seat, also move the seat to the full up position.
2. Remove the front track covers and adjuster to floor pan bolts. Move seat to the full forward position.
3. Remove the rear track covers and adjuster to floor pan bolts. Tilt the seat completely back so that the entire area under the seat cushion is visible (see Illustration).
4. Cut and remove the strap attaching the wiring harness to the spring wire near the middle of the seat.
5. Inspect the wiring harness. Make repairs as necessary with electrical tape.
6. Install the wiring harness into clip P/N 10112015. Reroute the wiring harness through the detent and insert the clip into the forward most hole in the seat cushion frame (see Illustration).
NOTICE: THE HARNESS MUST NOT BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE CUSHION AND SPRING, OR CONTACT SHARP EDGES.
7. Tilt the seat back to its original position and align. Install adjuster to floor pan bolts and torque to 24 N.m (18 lb.ft.). Install the track covers.
8. Repeat for opposite front seat if applicable.
9. Install a Campaign Identification Label.
CAMPAIGN IDENTIFICATION LABEL
Each vehicle modified 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 campaign number, the five digit dealer code of the dealer performing the campaign service, and the date the vehicle was campaigned. This information may be inserted with a typewriter or ballpoint pen. Install the label only on a clean, dry surface of the radiator baffle where it is readily visible. (Additional campaign labels are available on stationery order as Form 7201-709.)
CLAIM INFORMATION
A separate repair order must be used for each vehicle. A completed warranty claim is to be kept as a permanent record of completion.
DEALERS SHOULD SUBMIT WARRANTY CLAIMS FOR CREDIT IN THEIR NORMAL MANNER WHEN THEY PERFORM THE SERVICE AS FOLLOWS:
*Other Failure Labor Labor Labor Operation Code Operation Hours Hours ---------- -------- ---------- ------- ------ Inspect/Reroute Wiring Harness - One Power Recliner Seat 96 V7620 0.5 0.1
Inspect/Reroute Wiring Harness - One 6-Way Power Seat 96 V7621 0.5 0.1
Inspect/Reroute Wiring Harness - Two Power Recliner Seats 96 V7622 0.7 0.1
Inspect/Reroute Wiring Harness - One 6-Way Power Seat & One Power Recliner 96 V7623 0.8 0.1
* In addition dealerships will receive 0.1 hours credit for dealer administrative services associated with this campaign. The 0.1 hours allowance is to be entered in the "Other Labor Hours" field with each campaign repair listed for credit. This entry will not require authorization.
FAILURE CODE 96 MUST BE USED WITH THE LABOR OPERATION.
Parts required are to be listed in your warranty claim in the normal manner. Parts will be credited at dealer net plus 30% dealer handling allowance.
Dealers will be credited via Warranty Document or Terminal Transmission, whichever is their normal method of submission for payment. Claim must contain all information required and should list the labor operation as outlined.
RECORDING COMPLETION
Repairs submitted for vehicles not involved in the campaign will not be paid.
Campaign completion will be recorded from "PROPERLY COMPLETED AND PAID WARRANTY CLAIMS. " Owners are being asked to present the owner reply card for identification to their dealer at the time they bring in their vehicle to have the campaign performed.
Dear Pontiac Owner:
This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
REASON FOR THIS RECALL
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1990-91 Pontiac 6000 model vehicles with 6-way power seats or power recliners. The power seat or recliner wiring harness routing in these vehicles may cause the harness to become pinched or chafed on die seat frame or spring support rod causing possible intermittent short circuits. These short circuits may then cause the circuit breaker to weld closed and the unprotected short circuit could generate sufficient heat at the shorted location to produce smoke and/or ignite the seat cushion materials.
WHAT WE WILL DO
To prevent this condition from occurring, your Pontiac dealer will inspect the wiring harness and, after repairing any abraded areas, reroute the harness using a wiring harness clip. This service will be performed for you at no charge.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Please contact your Pontiac dealer as soon as possible to arrange a service date and so the dealer may order the necessary parts for the repair. Instructions for making this correction have been sent to your Pontiac Dealer and parts are available. The labor time necessary to perform this service inspection/correction is approximately 30 to 50 minutes. Please ask your dealer if you wish to know how much additional time will be needed to schedule and process your vehicle.
Your Pontiac dealer is best equipped to obtain parts and provide service to ensure that your vehicle is corrected as promptly as possible. If, however, you take your vehicle to your dealer on the agreed service date, and they do not remedy this condition on that date, or within five (5) days, we recommend you contact the Pontiac Customer Assistance Center by calling: 1-800-762- 2737.
After contacting your dealer and the Pontiac Customer Assistance Center, if you are still not satisfied that we have done our best to remedy this condition, without charge and within a reasonable time, you may wish to write the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S. W., Washington, DC 20590 or call 1-800-424-9393 (Washington, DC residents use 366-0123).
The enclosed Campaign Owner Reply Card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of this card to your dealer will assist in making the necessary inspection/correction in the shortest possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage-paid Owner Reply Card and returning it to us.
We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your safety and continued satisfaction with our products.
General Motors bulletins are intended for use by professional technicians, not a "do-it-yourselfer". They are written to inform those technicians of conditions that may occur on some vehicles, or to provide information that could assist in the proper service of a vehicle. Properly trained technicians have the equipment, tools, safety instructions and know-how to do a job properly and safely. If a condition is described, do not assume that the bulletin applies to your vehicle, or that your vehicle will have that condition. See a General Motors dealer servicing your brand of General Motors vehicle for information on whether your vehicle may benefit from the information.
