NHTSA Record Id: 14386 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: PONTIAC |
Recalled Component Id: 000008538000202619000000326 |
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Model Name: GRAND AM |
Model Year: 1996 |
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V027000 |
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Component Name: INTERIOR LIGHTING |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1995 |
End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 31 1995 |
Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 249420 |
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 28 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Feb, 17 1998 |
Record Creation date : Feb, 25 1998 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 101 |
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. these vehicles were built with the potential for the interior lamps to come on unexpectedly while the vehicles are being driven. this does not meet the requirements of fmvss no. 101, "controls and displays." |
Consequence Summary: The interior lamps coming on unexpectedly could startle a driver causing a momentary loss of control increasing the risk of a vehicle accident. |
Corrective Summary : Dealers will run a diagnostic test on the lamp control module and, if necessary, replace it. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin during february 1998.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 chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020, buick at 1-800-521-7300,pontiac at 1-800-762-2737, or oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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