Defect & Vehicles, Involved, Owner Notification & Dealer Campaign Information

DEFECT INVOLVED

General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in certain 1987-88 Chevrolet Spectrum "Turbo" model vehicles. Involved vehicles may experience perforation of the fuel tank or the attached fuel feed pipe due to corrosion of the fuel tank or the fuel feed pipe materials. Perforation of either the fuel tank or the attached fuel feed pipe can allow fuel to leak from the fuel tank. This condition could ultimately result in a fire without prior warning. Such a fire could, in time, spread to the passenger compartment.
DEFECT INVOLVED

To prevent this condition from occurring, the fuel tank assembly must be replaced in all involved vehicles.


VEHICLES INVOLVED

Involved are certain 1987-88 Chevrolet Spectrum model vehicles equipped with turbo engine (RPO Z02) produced within the following VIN breakpoints:

MODEL/YEAR PLANT FROM THROUGH

1987 Spectrum Fujisawa H8446425 H8491672
1988 Spectrum Fujisawa J7500108 J7515203

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 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 Chevrolet Motor Division (see copy of Owner Letter included with this bulletin).


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 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.