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NHTSA recall 79V002000

Exterior lighting

Buick Riviera

Reported Jan 5, 19798,534 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Built Aug 1, 1978 – Nov 1, 1978

The defect

The involved vehicles may have been assembled with clear lamp bulbs instead of the correct amber colored bulbs. As a result, these vehicles do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices and associated equipment", which requires that the front side marker lamps be amber when illuminated.

The remedy

The dealer will install amber bulbs in the front side marker lamps on the involved vehicles at no cost to owner.

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Vehicles in this recall

Buick Riviera
1979

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: lighting and communications; lamp bulbs.consequences of defect: white lights may adversely affect the safe operation ofthe vehicle in darkness or in other conditions of reduced visibility. Failureto identify direction of moving vehicle can result in an accident.