| NHTSA Record Id: 13535 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: SATURN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008370000074708000000217 |
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| Model Name: SC1 |
Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 97V162000 |
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| Component Name: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1996 |
End date of Manufacturing: Feb, 28 1997 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 37970 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 22 1997 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Sep, 22 1997 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 30 1997 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 108 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the section of the owner's handbook titled "horizontal aim" does not specifically instruct an owner how to adjust the headlamp horizontal aim. this does not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." |
Consequence Summary: A vehicle's headlamp would not be properly adjusted causing visibility problems to oncoming vehicles. |
| Corrective Summary : Owners are being provided with a label with the correct information on headlamp horizontal aim to be placed over the existing text in the owner's handbook. if an owner desires, their dealer can place the sticker in the owner's handbook for them. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began during september 1997. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact saturn at 1-800-553-6000 (prompt 3). also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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