ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, September 4, 1996           TAG: 9609040102
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: DETROIT 

GM RECALLS 587,000 CADILLACS DUE TO EMISSIONS

General Motors Corp. on Tuesday began recalling about 587,000 Cadillacs to replace a computer chip that causes them to emit illegal levels of pollution.

GM agreed in December to the recall and an $11 million fine in what the U.S. Justice Department said was the largest automobile case brought under the Clean Air Act. The fine is the second-largest assessed under that law.

The recall involves model-year 1991-1995 Cadillac Sevilles, De Villes and Eldorados with 4.9-liter, V-8 engines. The engines were installed with a computer chip that causes them, when the air conditioner is on, to emit three times more carbon monoxide that allowed under federal law.

Justice said the chip was installed starting in 1991 models to fix a stalling problem with the engines. The new chip enriched the fuel mixture when the air conditioning was turned on.

The new chips will be installed for free. Owners will be notified by mail.

-Associated Press

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