Owner Letter

July 1994

Dear Oldsmobile Achieva Owner:

This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

REASON FOR RECALL: General Motors has determined that certain 1994 Oldsmobile Achieva vehicles may not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 301, "Fuel System Integrity". These vehicles may have been built with welds in the rear compartment pan assembly which do not meet General Motors' manufacturing standards. As a result, these vehicles may not meet the FMVSS standard relating to fuel leakage in the event of a rear-impact crash.

WHAT WE WILL DO: To prevent this condition from occurring, retailers are to install rivets adjacent to the locations where suspect welds may have occurred. This service will be performed for you at no charge.

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO: Please contact your Oldsmobile retailer as soon as possible to arrange a service date. Instructions for making this correction have been sent to your retailer and parts are currently available. The labor time necessary to perform this service is approximately 1.3 hours. Please ask your retailer if you wish to know how much additional time will be needed to schedule and process your vehicle.

Your Oldsmobile retailer 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 retailer 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 Oldsmobile Customer Assistance Center by calling 1-800-442-OLDS.

After contacting your retailer and the Oldsmobile 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, D.C. 20590 or call 1-800-424-9393 (Washington D.C. residents use 366-0123).

The enclosed owner reply card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of this card to your retailer will assist in making the necessary correction in the shortest possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage paid 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.