ACCUMULATION OF OILY FILM ON INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD. Cadillac Eldorado 1992

SUBJECT: ACCUMULATION OF OILY FILM ON INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD (INSTALL NEW INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP COVER)

MODELS: 1992 CADILLAC ELDORADOS AND SEVILLES

CONDITION:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT THAT AN OILY FILM MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE INTERIOR WINDSHIELD SURFACE OVER TIME AND THAT THE FILM MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CLEAN OFF OF THE WINDSHIELD SURFACE.

CAUSE:

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, PLASTICIZERS CONTAINED IN THE VINYL INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP COVER MAY MIGRATE TO THE WINDSHIELD AND ACCUMULATE. HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE THIS FILM TO ACCUMULATE MORE RAPIDLY.

CORRECTION:

REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP COVER WITH A NEW INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP COVER, P/N 3544461. THIS TOP COVER IS MADE WITH A DIFFERENT PLASTICIZER WHICH WILL SLOW THE ACCUMULATION OF WINDSHIELD FILM. THE NEW INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP COVER IS SUPPLIED ONLY IN LIGHT NEUTRAL AND MUST BE PAINTED TO MATCH OTHER INTERIOR COLORS. USE THE PROCEDURE FOUND IN SERVICE INFORMATION MANUAL, SECTION 8C, FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.

PARTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GMSPO.

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY USE LABOR OPERATION C2362. USE PUBLISHED LABOR OPERATION TIME.

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