Re: [DMCForum] delorean recalls
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Re: [DMCForum] delorean recalls



Does it seem suspicious to anyone else that DeLorean was arrested at the
same moment that the announcement was made on the news, and nearly
immediately all dealers were notified not to do any more work on the
cars?

I think it's time for me to make a documentary.

Farrar

Dick Ryan wrote:
> 
> My first DeLoran was a "late" 81 - VIN 6530.  I bought
> it new.  I believe that the recalls were prior to my
> cars "birth" date, but in any event I did not receive
> any recall notices.  In fact, even "warranty" work
> went out the window.
> 
> I purchased my car in Sept 82.  On the day I took it
> back to the dealer (Tate Cadillac, Pomona CA) for it's
> "30 day" warranty check-up, I was asked if I had read
> the morning's paper.  I said, "No, why".  I was told
> that JZD had been arrested the night before and
> therefore, all warranty work was cancelled.
> Fortunately the cars in  that vin range were some of
> the best assembled and I didn't really have any early
> ownership problems.
> 
> Dick Ryan
> --- "Cohee, Michael" <mcohee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Group,
> > walt and I have had emailed a few times about the
> > stabilizer bar recall. My
> > car is an early '81 and was serviced by Delorean 1
> > for 15 years. It does not
> > have the stabilizer bar recall brackets. Walt told
> > me several of his cars do
> > not have the recall either. My question is if any of
> > you have any input on
> > when or how your recalls were done....ANy original
> > owners that rember
> > getting something in the mail or a phone call.
> >
> > My understaing is car makers issue recall
> > notices/bulletins and owners
> > simply take their car to the nearest dealership for
> > the correction. Why were
> > these (and other) recalls never done when they were
> > free? I am not sure how
> > recalls were done in the early 80s but when my 1988
> > Acura had a recall ont
> > eh seat belt mechanism I got a notice in the mail
> > and just took it to the
> > dealership and it was fixed at no charge....
> >
> > I know there are "upgrades" that we do to improve
> > defective/low quality
> > parts but service bulletins and recalls I had always
> > assumed would be done
> > on every car.
> >
> > Mike C
> > 2109
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:41 AM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Florida club meet in
> > February
> >
> >
> > > Check out the site at
> > http://www.tscevents.com/foec.html and let me know
> > > what you think.
> >
> > The consensus is that we are meeting in Mount Dora
> > instead of Zephyrhills.
> > This will be on Saturday 22nd of this month.  (See
> > above link for our
> > motivation.  As a group, we are not participating in
> > the exotic car show
> > mentioned in this link, so don't worry about their
> > $50 registration fee.  We
> > will be having our own event free of charge.)
> >
> > Yet to be determined is exactly where in Mount Dora
> > we will meet and when.
> >
> > As for when, I suggest high noon.  This gives all of
> > us who have expressed
> > an interest in attending enough time to leave home
> > in the morning and still
> > get to the show on time.
> >
> > As for where, someone familiar with the area
> > suggested a hotel downtown next
> > to where the show will be.  Another someone
> > suggested that we find a nearby
> > restaurant to meet at.  So... anyone who is familiar
> > with downtown Mount
> > Dora please post your suggestions to the DMCForum.
> >
> > So far we have 5 people with DeLoreans who are
> > planning to attend.  These
> > are all people who read their e-mail.  :-)  There
> > are many others who may
> > attend who do not yet know about the event.  I want
> > to confirm all the
> > details before I call everyone.  Otherwise I'm
> > wasting their time if I can't
> > tell them exactly where and when.
> >
> > Walt    Tampa, FL
> >
> >
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