Recall - SIR Forward Discriminating Sensor Misbuilt: Overview

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Model Year: 1990

Bulletin No.: 90-C-1

File In Group: 8

Number: 7

Date: February, 1990


SUBJECT:
SUPPLEMENTAL INFLATABLE RESTRAINT (SIR) FORWARD DISCRIMINATING SENSOR MISBUILT

MODELS AFFECTED:
1990 REATTA


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 (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 owners 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 Buick Customer Assistance Center if their dealer does not remedy the condition within five (5) days of 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.

CONDITION

General Motors has determined that some 1990 Buick Reatta model vehicles may fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208, "Occupant Crash Protection." The forward discriminating sensor for the supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system may have been misbuilt with the pigtail wiring harness orientation to the sensor reversed. Under certain conditions, this misrouting could delay deployment of the SIR system, increasing the severity of injury to an unbelted driver in the event of an accident.


VEHICLES INVOLVED

Certain 1990 Reattas built at the Reatta Craft Centre within the following VIN breakpoints

Through and
From Including

LB900054 LB901211

NOTICE: Only 861 vehicles within this range are involved.