Body - C-Pillar Weatherstrip Separated From C-Pillar

Date: June 26, 2007

Order No.: P-B-72.12/50a

Supersedes: P-B-72.12/50 dated October 13, 2005

Group: 72

Revision History

Revision Date Purpose

a 6/26/07 Applicable Models and Warranty Information Updated

- 10/13/05 Initial issue

SUBJECT:
Model 219.372/375/376/377, Up to VIN A070868

C-Pillar Weather Strip Unglued





If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles where the weather strip has separated from the C-pillar (Figure 1), re-glue the weather strip to the vehicle as outlined below to resolve.

1. Lift weather strip where separated to apply adhesive (Figure 1).





2. Thinly coat adhesive tape surface where separated with adhesive loctite (Figure 2, box).

3. Immediately press weather strip against body in the correct position and hold for 1 minute.





4. Verify weather strip is properly adhered (Figure 3).

5. Close the door and allow the adhesive to set.

Note:
Vehicles built after VIN A070868 have a plastic rivet installed to hold the seal in position.





Parts Information

Note:
The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair. This information has been generated on June 26, 2007. Please refer to Netstar -> Star TekInfo -> Star Time for the most current labor time allowance.





In Case of Warranty, use the table.