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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000087166 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: CHAPEL HILL | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SATURN | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 20 1999 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I don't own a saturn, but i wanted to report a problem with saturn's daytime running lights (dtrls). their size and positioning pose a safety hazard. expecially early in the evening and when visibility is limited, they are very easily mistaken as regular lights of a very distant car. twice i almost got into an accident, trying to pass some other car, and misjudged the distance to an oncoming saturn who was driving in the twilight and dark, respectively, with only their dtrls. the small, bright, white lights looked *identical* to the headlights of a distant car. only an extremely hard breaking on my as well as the other car's parts prevented a frontal crash at rather high speed (about 50 mph each car). i suggest that you require that dtrls are colored yellow rather than white, and/or repositioned to the outer edges of the car, to allow for better evaluation of distances. the additional cost should be close to zero, but it would prevent virtually any confusion (especially when some of the saturn drivers forget to turn on their headlights because they see sufficiently well with their dtrls). please, please, please, do something. i think it will save lives. check the stats, find out if there are disproportionately many frontal crashes during passing maneuvers involving saturns. i would appreciate some feedback on what you decide to do (both preliminary and long-term), and why. thanks a lot. jan ostermann. *ak |
