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NHTSA recall 97V162000

Exterior lighting › Headlights

Saturn SC and 1 more

Reported Sep 22, 199737,970 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Built Jul 1, 1996 – Feb 28, 1997

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the section of the owner's handbook titled "horizontal aim" does not specifically instruct an owner how to adjust the headlamp horizontal aim. this does not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."

The risk

A vehicle's headlamp would not be properly adjusted causing visibility problems to oncoming vehicles.

The remedy

Owners are being provided with a label with the correct information on headlamp horizontal aim to be placed over the existing text in the owner's handbook. if an owner desires, their dealer can place the sticker in the owner's handbook for them.

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Vehicles in this recall

Saturn SC
1997
Saturn SC1
1997

Notes

Owner notification began during september 1997. 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 saturn at 1-800-553-6000 (prompt 3). Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.