1993 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 264

Service & Appearance Cure I Collision Repair Chemical Paint Spotting Vehicle Identification Number This is the legal identifierfor your Oldsmobile. It appears on a platein the front corner of the instrumentpanel, on the driver's side.You can see it if you look throughthe windshield from outside your vehicle.The VIN also appears on the Vehicle Certification and Service Parts labels and the certificates of title and registration. Some weather andatmospheric Your vehicle was built with composite conditions cancreate a chemical fallout. SMC (Sheet Molded Compound) fiberglass body panels and moldedRIM Airborne pollutants can fall upon and (Reaction Injection Molded) fascias and attack painted surfaceson your vehicle. forms: This damage can take two front fenders. These panels require blotchy, ringlet-shaped discolorations, different collision repair procedures and small irregular dark spots etched than metal-paneled vehicles. See your into the paint surface. Oldsmobile dealer for information on collision repair. Although no defect in the paint job causes this, Oldsmobile will repair,at no charge to the owner, the surfaces of new vehicles damaged by this fallout condition within 12 months or 12,000 miles (20 000 km) of purchase, whichever comes first. 0 262