LOW FUEL WARNING CHIME AND TEMP. INTERPRETATION/REPAIR. Buick Electra/Park Avenue 1988

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# LOW FUEL WARNING CHIME AND TEMP. INTERPRETATION/REPAIR

#### MODELS AFFECTED: 1987 AND 1988 ELECTRAS/PARK AVENUES AND LeSABRES EQUIPPED WITH TOURING CLUSTER (YAZAKI)

The 1987 and 1988 Buick Electras/Park Avenues and LeSabres with touring cluster (Yazaki) may exhibit the following conditions:

1. The low fuel warning chime may not sound until the actual fuel level is below one (1) gallon.

2. The temperature gage system operates such that the gage pointer movement is nonlinear. Present graphics have linearly spaced graduations with temperatures given for the high and low ends of the scale. This has lead to customer misinterpretation of engine operating temperature and requests to dealers for temperature gage repairs (Figure 1 and Figure 2).

The condition was resolved by modifying temperature graphics in such a manner as to clearly indicate engine operating temperature. To correct conditions 1 and 2, it will be necessary to remove the cluster and send to an AC-Delco Service Center for an exchange unit. The following is the address of the Instrument and Display Service Centers:

INSTRUMENT AND DISPLAY SERVICE CENTERS

ALABAMA GEORGIA Rickwood Radio Service of Mobile, Inc. Speedometer Service Company 1283 Azalea Road 8471 Roswell Road Mobile, AL 36609 Atlanta, GA 30350 (205) 661-0261 (404) 998-1666 Toll Free: 1-800-334-7065 Toll Free: 1-800-241-2385 (GA Only): 1-800-332-1827

ARIZONA ILLINOIS Jimmy's Radio-TV Corporation D & B Auto Radio, Inc. 7882 East Gray Road 2140 Corporate Drive Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Addison, IL 60101 (602) 948-5717 (312) 916-8787 Toll Free: 1-800-528-2056 Toll Free: 1-800-323-4813 (AZ Only): Call Collect (IL Only): 1-800-942-8049 CALIFORNIA MARYLAND

Auto Electric Radio Caton Radio, Inc. 1841 West Commonwealth 6328 Baltimore Nt. Pk. Fullerton, CA 92633 Catonsville, MD 21228 (714) 871-7357 (301) 747-8667 Toll Free: 1-800-321-6969 Toll Free: 1-800-443-6709 (CA Only): 1-800-321-6970 (MD Only): 1-800-443-6709

COLORADO MASSACHUSETTS Downtown Radio of Denver, Inc. Modern Radio Shop 2525 West Sixth Avenue 34 Broadway Denver, CO 80204 Wakefield, MA 01880 (303) 573-6288 (617) 246-2052 Toll Free: 1-800-525-3539 New England: 1-800-848-4001 (CO Only): 1-800-332-3815

FLORIDA MICHIGAN Techni-Car, Inc. Specmo Enterprises, Inc. 5688 West Crenshaw Street 3890 W. 11 Mile Road Tampa, FL 33634 Berkley, MI 48072 (813) 884-0022 (313) 399-7778 Toll Free: 1-800-822-0022 Toll Free: 1-800-545-7911 (FL Only): 1-800-662-0022 Toll Free: 1-800-545-7910

MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA

Auto Sound Entronix Downtown Radio Service, Inc. 9600 54th Avenue 2908 Stewart Creek Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55442 Charlotte, NC 28216 (612) 559-9654 (704) 391-0801 Toll Free: 1-800-328-0795 Toll Free: 1-800-537-0116 (MN Only): 1-800-742-0670 (NC Only): 1-800-522-4706

MISSOURI OHIO

Autronics Auto Spec. Dayton Speedometer Service, Inc. 1450 Page Industrial Court 660 North Main Street St. Louis, MO 63132 Dayton, OH 45405 (314) 423-2323 (513) 222-1491 Toll Free: 1-800-325-1325 Toll Free: 1-880-543-9687 (MO Only): 1-800-392-1516 (OH Only): 1-800-543-0719

NEW JERSEY OHIO

Eastern Electronics, Inc. Electra Sound, Inc. 180 Essex Street 5260 Commerce Parkway West Hackensack, NJ 07601 Parma, OH 44130 (201) 342-3945 or (201) 342-6060 (216) 433-9600 Toll Free: 1-800-221-2138 Toll Free: 1-800-262-9606 (NJ Only): 1-800-221-2143 (OH Only): 1-800-262-9606

NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA

#### Model Electronics, Inc. R. T. Grim Co. 321 West Route 59 400 Regis Avenue Nanuet, NY 10954 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (914) 623-8020 (412) 655-1574 Toll Free: 1-800-433-9657 Toll Free: 1-800-331-6645 (PA Only): 1-800-222-5509

NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA

United Radio Service H & R Radio Service 2949 Erie Boulevard East 139 York Road Syracuse, NY 13224 Warminster, PA 18974 (315) 446-5570 (215) 672-3707 Toll Free: 1-800-448-0944 Toll Free: 1-800-523-6605 (NY Only): 1-880-962-0901 (PA Only): 1-800-492-2074

TENNESSEE CANADA

Rickwood Radio Service of TN, Inc. Custone Auto Radio 1830 Airlane Drive 1150 Champlain Court Nashville, TN 37210 Whitby, Ontario (615) 889-3270 Canada LlN-6A8 Toll Free: 1-800-423-4142 (416) 668-2664 (TN Only): 1-800-423-4142 (CANADA Only): 1-800-263-7867 TEXAS SWITZERLAND

#### Model Auto Electronics Autometer AG 13819 San Pedro Avenue Arsenalstrasse 51 San Antonio, TX 78232 CH-6010 Kriens (512) 494-5279 Switzerland Toll Free: 1-800-634-9947 041-414241 (TX Only): 1-800-292-7213 862455 - Telex 041-418080 - Telefax

Speedometer Services, Inc. 3227 Skylane Drive Carrollton (Dallas), TX 75006 (214) 380-8944 Toll Free: 1-800-527-0108 (TX Only): 1-800-492-9026

Zener Electronics, Inc. 9434 Old Katy Road - 400 Houston, TX 77055 (713) 932-6360 (TX Only): 1-800-992-1092

VIRGINIA

Southern Autotronics, Inc. 3300 Norfolk Street Richmond, VA 23230 (804) 353-5400 Toll Free: 1-800-446-2880 (VA Only): 1-800-572-2880

WASHINGTON

Instrument Sales & Services, Inc. 18814 72nd Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 (206) 051-9092 (WA Only): 1-800-562-1082

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