Campaign - Temporary Reduction of P/S Assist When Cold

88olds02 TSB # MEMO 88020 DATE 01/21/88
#88-020-OLDSMOBILE DCS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE-01/21/88
TO: ALL OLDSMOBILE DEALERS ATTN: SERVICE & PARTS MANAGERS
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE, TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF POWER ASSIST WHEN COLD MODEL & YEAR: 1982-84 CUTLASS CIERA, FIRENZA, & OMEGA AND 1985

DETROIT - GENERAL MOTORS IS MAKING AVAILABLE A SPECIAL POLICY OF FIVE YEARS OR 50,000 MILES TO COVER REPAIR OF A POSSIBLE TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST ON CERTAIN FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE CARS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1982 AND 1985.

SOME OF THE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE REDUCED POWER STEERING ASSIST UPON FIRST STARTING THE CAR, PRIMARILY IN COLD WEATHER. ONCE THE SYSTEM WARMS UP - USUALLY IN ONE OR TWO MINUTES - NORMAL POWER STEERING ASSIST IS RESTORED. THE CONDITION DOES NOT OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AFTER WARMUP.

UNDER THE SPECIAL POLICY, GM WILL REIMBURSE OWNERS WHO IN THE PAST PAID TO HAVE THE CONDITION CORRECTED DURING THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OR 50,000 MILES OF OPERATION, PROVIDED THEY PRESENT PROPER RECEIPTS TO THEIR DEALER. GM DEALERS ALSO WILL REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE POWER STEERING SYSTEMS THAT EXHIBIT THE CONDITION WITHIN THE TIME AND MILEAGE LIMITS OF THE SPECIAL POLICY.

INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL POLICY ARE 1982 - 84 SUBCOMPACT, COMPACT AND INTERMEDIATE CARS, AND 1985 MODEL FULL-SIZE LUXURY CARS.

SPECIFIC MODELS INCLUDED ARE AS FOLLOWS:

- 1982-84 BUICK SKYHAWK, SKYLARK AND CENTURY; CADILLAC CIMARRON; CHEVROLET CAVALIER; CITATION AND CELEBRITY; OLDSMOBILE FIRENZA, OMEGA AND CUTLASS CIERA AND PONTIAC SUNBIRD, PHOENIX AND 6000 MODELS.

- 1985 BUICK ELECTRA, CADILLAC DEVILLE & OLDSMOBILE NINETY-EIGHT MODEL

I.W. STEBBINS ASST. GEN. SLS. MGR. - SERVICE
END OF ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE - OLDSMOBILE DCS - LANSING, MI