Condition, Dealer Action, Vehicles Involved & Owner Notification
CONDITIONGeneral Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in some 1983 and 1984 Cadillac Cimarrons equipped with a manually adjustable driver's seat. The metal floor pan anchor bar could fatigue and break around the left front outer seat adjuster stud of the driver's seat. This could allow the stud to separate from the floor pan anchor bar. Although the seat assembly would still be attached to the floor at three other locations, separation of the left front outer seat adjuster stud from the floor pan anchor bar could cause the driver's seat to tip rearward unexpectedly. This could cause a loss of vehicle control which could result in a vehicle crash without prior warning.
DEALER ACTION
To prevent this condition from occurring, dealers are required to install a reinforcement bracket on the floor pan anchor bar at the left front outer seat adjuster position of the driver's seat on suspect vehicles per the Vehicles Involved and Service Procedure sections of this bulletin.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
All 1983 and 1984 Cimarrons equipped with manually adjustable driver's seats within the following VIN ranges require this campaign (Cadillac records indicate that a total of 6,816 vehicles are affected):
1983 Cimarrons - DJ400001 through DJ419294
1984 Cimarrons - EJ400001 through EJ421898
OWNER NOTIFICATION
OWNERS OF VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS CAMPAIGN WILL BE NOTIFIED BY LETTER FROM CADILLAC MOTOR CAR DIVISION. A COPY OF THE OWNER LETTER IS ATTACHED.