INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND/OR EXCHANGE/REPAIR. Pontiac Sunbird 1988

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# INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND/OR EXCHANGE/REPAIR

1988 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND DIC CONTROLLER EXCHANGE/REPAIR

1988 F, H, J, L, P, W, A

BULLETIN IS BEING REVISED TO INCLUDE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION APPLICATION UNDER FIGURE 3.

F MODELS - LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INSTUMENT CLUSTER H MODELS - ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER J MODELS - ELECTROMECHANICAL SPEEDOMETER AND ELECTRONIC TACHOMETER L MODELS - ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (CANADIAN) P MODELS - ELECTROMECHANICAL SPEEDOMETER AND ELECTRONIC AUXILIARY GAGES W MODELS - LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER A AND H MODELS - DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER CONTROLLER

PONTIAC IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AN EXCHANGE/REPAIR PROGRAM FOR INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS AND DIC (DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER) CONTROLLERS USED ON THE ABOVE LISTED MODELS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES REPAIRED INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS OR DIC CONTROLLERS IN EXCHANGE FOR INOPERATIVE ONES AT A COST SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW NEW REPLACEMENT PARTS.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS AND DIC CONTROLLERS ARE SERVICED BY THE EXCHANGE UNITS LISTED IN THIS BULLETIN. SEE PAGES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, FOR PAR NUMBERS AND APPLICATIONS.

EXCHANGE UNITS ARE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING ONE OF THE TWENTY NINE AUTHORIZED AC-DELCO SERVICE CENTERS LISTED ON THE LAST THREE PAGES OF THIS BULLETIN. THEY ARE SHIPPED WITH MEMO BILLINGS, VIA UPS (NEXT-DA UPS IF SPECIFIED BY DEALER), WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE REQUEST. THE MEM BILLINGS ARE CANCELLED WHEN INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS OR DIC CONTROLLERS ARE RECEIVED BY THE SERVICE CENTER FROM WHICH EXCHANGE UNITS WERE OBTAINED.

PLEASE ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WHEN A VEHICLE REQUIRES DEALER SERVICE FOR AN INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER.

1. FOLLOW THE DIAGNOSTICS PROCEDURE IN THE SERVICE MANUAL PRECISELY AND COMPLETELY. MANY PROBLEMS PERCEIVED BY THE OBSERVER TO BE IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER ARE OFTEN ACTUALLY PROBLEMS WITH REMOTE SENSORS AND CONNECTORS. PROPER DIAGNOSTICS WILL IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM AND AVOID UNNECESSARY REMOVAL AND SHIPPING OF FUNCTIONAL ASSEMBLIES TO SERVICE CENTERS.

2. WHEN DIAGNOSTICS ARE COMPLETE AND THE FAULT IS DETERMINED TO BE I THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER, CALL ONE OF THE SERVICE CENTERS AND REQUEST THE APPROPRIATE EXCHANGE UNIT. IF THE SERVICE CENTER CALLED DOES NOT HAVE THE EXCHANGE UNIT IN STOCK, CALL OTHER SERVICE CENTERS UNTIL AN EXCHANGE UNIT IS LOCATED. IF THE ODOMETER I PART OF THE EXCHANGE UNIT, TELL THE SERVICE CENTER THE MILEAGE TO WHICH IT SHOULD BE SET.

3. UPON RECEIVING THE EXCHANGE UNIT FROM THE SERVICE CENTER, TAKE IT INTO THE VEHICLE STILL PACKED IN THE REUSABLE SHIPPING CONTAINER. TH CONTAINER PROTECTS IT FROM DAMAGE DUE TO STATIC ELECTRICITY. USE CAR IN HANDLING THE EXCHANGE UNIT AND THE INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER. HANDS MUST BE FREE OF DIRT AND GREASE. AVOID TOUCHING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, AS ELECTRO-STATIC DISCHARGE CAN DEGRADE PERFORMANCE OR CAUSE FAILURE.

4. REMOVE THE INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER AND REPLACE IT WITH THE EXCHANGE UNIT.

5. INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER PROBLEM IN THE "NATURE OF PROBLEM" AREA OF THE ACD-1078 FORM. PACK THE INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER IN THE REUSABLE SHIPPING CONTAINER TOGETHER WITH ALL FIVE COPIES OF THE COMPLETED ACD-1078 WARRANTY FORM.

6. ENCLOSED IN THE REUSABLE CONTAINER IS AN ADDRESSED SHIPPING LABEL ATTACH THIS LABEL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND SHIP IMMEDIATELY TO THE SERVICE CENTER FROM WHICH YOU OBTAINED THE EXCHANGE UNIT. THE DEALER COPY OF THE ACD-1078 WARRANTY FORM WILL BE RETURNED AND THE MEMO BILLING CANCELLED UPON RECEIPT OF THE INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER AT THE SERVICE CENTER.

7. FAILURE TO RETURN THE INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER IN THE SPECIAL REUSABLE CONTAINER, CAN RESULT IN A CONTAINER REPLACEMENT FEE. FAILURE TO RETURN THE ACD-1078 WARRANTY FORM WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE THE EXCHANGE UNIT WAS SHIPPED, CAN RESULT IN A REPAIR FEE. FAILURE TO RETURN THE INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR DIC CONTROLLER WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE THE EXCHANGE UNI WAS SHIPPED, CAN RESULT IN A CLUSTER OR CONTROLLER REPLACEMENT FEE.

THE SUCCESS OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND DIC CONTROLLER EXCHANGE/REPAIR PROGRAM IS DEPENDENT UPON PROMPT RETURN OF THE _____________ INOPERATIVE CLUSTER OR CONTROLLER TO THE SERVICE CENTER. YOUR COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF EXCHANGE STOCK.

FIGURE 1 1988 F MODELS LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER

EXCHANGE UNIT/OEM PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25086563 U.S. - 8 CYL. 25086566 CANADIAN - 8 CYL. 25086564 U.S. - 8 CYL. - HIGH OUTPUT 25086567 CANADIAN - 8 CYL. - HIGH OUTPUT

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF COMPLETE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LESS NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ODOMETER MODULE. (MODULE REMAINS WITH VEHICLE.)

FIGURE 2 1988 H MODELS ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER

EXCHANGE UNIT/OEM PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25080459 U.S. - BASE-SHIFT INDICATOR-WITHOUT TEMPERATUR LIGHT 16120162 U.S. - BASE-SHIFT INDICATOR-WITH TEMPERATURE LIGHT 25080468 CANADIAN - BASE-SHIFT INDICATOR-WITHOUT TEMPERATURE LIGHT 16120172 CANADIAN - BASE-SHIFT INDICATOR-WITH TEMPERATURE LIGHT 25080463 U.S. - GAGE-SHIFT INDICATOR 25080472 CANADIAN - GAGE-SHIFT INDICATOR 25080478 EXPORT - GAGE-DIC 25085854 U.S. - GAGE-DIC 25085855 CANADIAN - GAGE-DIC 25085539 U.S. - GAGE-COMPASS-DIC 25087959 CANADIAN - GAGE-COMPASS-DIC

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF COMPLETE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.

FIGURE 3 1988 W MODELS LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER

EXCHANGE UNIT/OEM PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25122123 U.S.-BASE MAN TRANS/AUTO TRANS W/CONSOLE 25083775 CANADIAN-BASE-MAN TRANS/AUTO TRANS W/CONSOLE 25122125 U.S.- BASE-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 24083777 CANADIAN - BASE-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 25122127 U.S.-GAGE-MANUAL TRANS/AUTO TRANS W/CONSOLE 25081575 CANADIAN - GAGE-MAN TRANS/AUTO TRANS W/CONSOLE 25122129 U.S.-GAGE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 25081577 CANADIAN - GAGE-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF COMPLETE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.

FIGURE 4 1988 J MODELS ELECTROMECHANICAL SPEEDOMETER

EXCHANGE UNIT/OEM PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25061813 U.S. - GAGE-TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085415 25061797 CANADIAN - GAGE-TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBE 25085417 25061809 U.S. - GAGE-TACHOMETER-NON-TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085414 25061800 CANADIAN - GAGE-TACHOMETER-NON-TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085416 25061807 U.S. - BASE-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085411 25061812 CANADIAN - BASE-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085413 25061804 U.S. - GAGE-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085412

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF MECHANISM AN CIRCUIT BOARD. (ODOMETERS AND MOTORS REMAIN WITH VEHICLE.)

FIGURE 5 1988 J MODELS ELECTRONIC TACHOMETER

EXCHANGE UNIT PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25061801 NON-TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBERS 25085414 AND 25085416 25061814 U.S. - TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085415 25061799 CANADIAN - TURBO-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25085417

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF MECHANISM AND CIRCUIT BOARD.

FIGURE 6 1988 P MODELS ELECTROMECHANICAL SPEEDOMETER

EXCHANGE UNIT PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25059983 U.S. - 4 CYL.-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25084677 25059984 CANADIAN - 4 CYL.-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25084864 25059981 U.S. - 6 CYL.-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25084470 25059982 CANADIAN - 6 CYL.-SERVICES OEM PART NUMBER 25084532

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF MECHANISM AND CIRCUIT BOARD, ODOMETERS AND MOTORS.

FIGURE 7 1988 P MODELS ELECTRONIC AUXILIARY GAGES

EXCHANGE UNIT PART NUMBER APPLICATION

25079866 U.S. - SERVICES OEM PART NUMBERS 25087882, 25089321, AND 25089323 25081177 CANADIAN - SERVICES OEM PART NUMBERS 25087883, 25089322, AND 25089324

EXCHANGE UNIT CONSISTS OF MECHANISM AND CIRCUIT BOARD.

FIGURE 8 1988 A AND H MODELS DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER CONTROLLER

EXCHANGE UNIT/OEM PART NUMBER APPLICATION

16064892 A MODELS 16069232 H MODELS

INSTRUMENT AND DISPLAY SERVICE CENTERS ______________________________________

ALABAMA FLORIDA

RICKWOOD RADIO SERVICE OF MOBIL, INC. TECHNI-CAR, INC. 1283 AZALEA ROAD 5688 WEST CRENSHAW STREET MOBILE, AL 36609 TAMPA, FL 33634 205-669-0261 813-884-0022 1-800-334-7065 1-800-822-0022 1-800-662-0022 (FL ONLY)

ARIZONA GEORGIA

JIMMY'S RADIO-TV CORPORATION SPEEDOMETER SERVICE COMPANY 5049 NORTH 7TH AVENUE 8471 ROSWELL ROAD PHOENIX, AZ 85013 ATLANTA, GA 30350 602-264-1379 404-998-1666 1-800-528-2056 1-800-241-2385 CALL COLLECT - AZ ONLY 1-800-332-1827 (GA ONLY)

CALIFORNIA ILLINOIS

AUTO ELECTRIC RADIO D AND B AUTO RADIO, INC. 1841 WEST COMMONWEALTH 3725 N. 25TH AVENUE FULLERTON, CA 92633 SCHILLER PARK, IL 60176 714-871-7357 312-678-8475 1-800-321-6969 1-800-323-4813 1-800-321-6970 (CA ONLY) 1-800-942-8049 (IL ONLY)

RANDAZZO ENTRONIX MARYLAND 233 COMMERCIAL STREET SAN JOSE, CA 95112 CATON RADIO, INC. 408-293-1920 6328 BALTIMORE NT. PK. 1-800-538-9702 CATONSVILLE, MD 21228 1-800-662-9877 (CA ONLY) 301-747-8667 1-800-443-6709 COLORADO MASSACHUSETTS DOWNTOWN RADIO OF DENVER, INC. 2525 WEST SIXTH AVENUE MODERN RADIO SHOP DENVER, CO 80204 34 BROADWAY 303-573-6288 WAKEFIELD, MA 01880 1-800-525-3539 617-246-2052 1-800-332-3815 (CO ONLY) 1-800-848-4001 (NEW ENGLAND)

MICHIGAN NEW YORK

SPECMO ENTERPRISES, INC. MODEL ELECTRONICS, INC. 3890 W. 11 MILE ROAD 321 WEST ROUTE 59 BERKLEY, MI 48072 NANUET, NY 10954 313-399-5645 914-623-8020 1-800-545-7911 1-800-545-7910 (MI ONLY) UNITED RADIO SERVICE 2949 ERIE BOULEVARD EAST MINNNESOTA SYRACUSE, NY 13224 315-446-5570 AUTO SOUND ENTRONIX 1-800-448-0944 5401 BOONE AVENUE NORTH 1-800-962-0901 (NY ONLY) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55428 612-537-2121 NORTH CAROLINA 1-800-328-0795 1-800-742-0670 DOWNTOWN RADIO SERVICE, INC. 920 BLAIRHILL ROAD, SUITE 112 MISSOURI CHARLOTTE, NC 28217 704-529-1580 AUTRONICS AUTO SPEC. 1-800-537-0116 1450 PAGE INDUSTRIAL COURT 1-800-522-4706 (NC ONLY) ST. LOUIS, MO 63132 314-423-2323 OHIO 1-800-325-1325 1-800-392-1516 (MO ONLY) DAYTON SPEEDOMETER SERVICE, INC 660 NORTH MAIN STREET NEBRASKA DAYTON, OH 45405 513-222-1491 RADIO ENGINEERING SERVICE 1-800-543-9687 8939 "F" STREET 1-800-543-0719 (OH ONLY) OMAHA, NE 68127 1-800-228-9275 ELECTRA SOUND, INC. 1-800-642-1200 (NE ONLY) 5260 COMMERCE PARKWAY WEST PARMA, OH 44130 NEW JERSEY 216-433-9600 1-800-262-9606 EASTERN ELECTRONICS, INC. 1-800-252-4200 (OH ONLY) 180 ESSEX STREET HACKENSACK, NJ 07601 201-342-3945 OR 201-342-6060 1-800-221-2138 1-800-221-2143 (NJ ONLY)

PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA

H AND R RADIO SERVICE SOUTHERN AUTOTRONICS, INC. 139 YORK ROAD 3300 NORFOLK STREET WARMINSTER, PA 18974 RICHMOND, VA 23230 215-672-3707 804-353-5400 1-800-523-6605 1-800-446-2880 1-800-492-2074 (PA ONLY) 1-800-572-2880 (VA ONLY)

R. T. GRIM COMPANY WASHINGTON 400 REGIS AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA 15236 INSTRUMENT SALES AND SERVICE, INC.412-655-1574 18814 72 ND AVENUE SOUTH 1-800-331-6645 KENT, WA 98032 1-800-222-5509 206-251-9092 1-800-562-1082 (WA ONLY) TENNESSEE CANADA RICKWOOD RADIO SERVICE OF TN, INC. 1830 AIRLANE DRIVE CUSTONE AUTO RADIO NASHVILLE, TN 37210 1614 CHARLES STREET 615-889-3270 WHITBY, ONTARIO 1-800-423-4142 CANADA L1N1B9 416-668-2664 TEXAS 1-800-263-7867 (CANADA ONLY)

SPEEDOMETER SERVICE, INC. SWITZERLAND (THRU BELGIUM NOW) 3227 SKYLANE DRIVE CARROLLTON (DALLAS), TEXAS 75006 MR. W. VANDENHOUDT 214-380-8944 GMSPO EUROPE/GM CONT. 1-800-527-0108 NOORDERLAAN 75 1-800-492-9026 (TX ONLY) POSTBUS 9 B-2030 ANTWERP, BELGIUM ZENER ELECTRONICS, INC. 9434 OLD KATY ROAD - 400 HOUSTON, TX 77055 713-932-6360 1-800-992-1092 (TX ONLY)

#### MODEL AUTO ELECTRONICS 923 NORTH ALAMO SAN ANTONIO, TX 78215 512-223-3827 1-800-634-9947 1-800-292-7213

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