Exterior Lighting:headlights:switch

NHTSA recall 86V056000 · announced April 28, 1986 · filed by General Motors Corp. · 93,317 units affected

The problem

THE PUSH-PULL HEADLIGHT SWITCH MAY HAVE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WHICH ALLOW AN INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT CAUSING HEADLIGHT TO FLICKER OR SUDDENLY GO OUT. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: SUDDEN LOSS OF THE HEADLIGHTS UNDER SEVERE WEATHER OR NIGHTTIME DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD REDUCE DRIVER VISIBILITY WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. NOTE: ALSO, SEE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 86V131000.

What to do

REPLACE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AS NECESSARY.

Notes

SYSTEM: HEADLIGHT SWITCH. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS, TRUCKS AND VANS.

Vehicles covered by this recall

• 1986 Buick Estate
• 1986 Cadillac Cimarron
• 1986 Cadillac Deville
• 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood
• 1986 Chevrolet Camaro
• 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier
• 1986 Chevrolet Celebrity
• 1986 Chevrolet Chevette
• 1985 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck
• 1986 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck
• 1986 Chevrolet Corvette
• 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
• 1986 Gmc Gm Of Canada
• 1985 Gmc Gmc
• 1986 Gmc Gmc
• 1986 Pontiac 1000
• 1986 Pontiac 6000
• 1986 Pontiac Bonneville
• 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix
• 1986 Pontiac Parisienne
• 1986 Pontiac Sunbird

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal, medical, or repair advice.