NHTSA recall 00E010000 · Equipment
Interior lighting
The defect
Equipment description: the air bag on/off switch assemblies do not provide a separate light to indicate that an air bag has been temporarily switched off or disabled. also, the vehicle's air bag readiness indicator lamp stays on when an air bag IS disabled.
The risk
The vehicle occupant IS unaware that the airbag has been switched off or disabled which could result in injury in a crash. also, the occupant IS unaware of any failure or malfunction that may be detected by the vehicle's air bag monitoring system because the air bag indicator lamp stays on when an air bag IS disabled.
The remedy
The manufacturer has discontinued the use of this assembly and will notify owners to bring their vehicles to an authorized dealer to have the switch replaced.