Recall Detail

CHEVROLET / CAVALIER / 2000

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 8008 Vehicale/Equipment Name: CHEVROLET
Recalled Component Id: 000011083000202810000000326 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: CAVALIER Model Year: 2000
NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V201000 Mfr Campaign Number: 00062
Component Name: INTERIOR LIGHTING Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1999 End date of Manufacturing: Nov, 30 1999
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 28
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 14 2000 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC Report Received Date: Jul, 20 2000
Record Creation date : Jul, 28 2000 Federal Motar Safety Number: 101
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with the bi-fuel option fail to comply with fmvss no. 101, "control location, identification, and illumination." the instrument panel lights in these vehicles are at full illumination levels and cannot be adjusted. the standard requires at least two levels of illumination. Consequence Summary: This could make it more difficult to see objects outside the vehicle when driving at night.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the fuel type indicator switch assembly, which includes the instrument panel illumination control. Recall Notes: Owner notification began september 14, 2000.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. 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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