NHTSA Campaign 05V245000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
NHTSA campaign 05V245000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 05V245000 with NHTSA on June 2, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 05V245000, NHTSA lists up to 291,652 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 1999 and July 31, 2000.
The 05V245000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V245000 were scheduled from October 17, 2005, 137 days after the report.
05V245000 covers 1 model from Saturn, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 05V245000 covers have filed at least 62 complaints naming the exterior lighting, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V245000 ranks 29 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 05V245000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 18 other recalls on the exterior lighting on this site; the one before 05V245000 was 05V198000, reported on May 5, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SEDANS AND WAGONS, THE PLASTIC HOUSING IN THE REAR TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY CAN BECOME DISTORTED IF THE BRAKE LAMPS REMAIN ON FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.
- The risk
- THIS CAN CAUSE (1) AN INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE BRAKE/TAIL LAMP BULB OR (2) A SHORT CIRCUIT THAT OPENS A FUSE CAUSING INOPERATIVE BRAKE LAMPS (INCLUDING THE CENTER HIGH-MOUNTED STOP LAMP) OR TAIL LAMPS. A FOLLOWING DRIVER MAY NOT KNOW WHEN THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN APPLIED, AND A REAR-END CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL TWO NEW TAIL LAMP REINFORCING SOCKET ADAPTERS AND SOCKETS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 17, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 05052.
Reported June 2, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V245000 (1)
Saturn (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V245000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: June 2, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted