Inoperative tail lamps

An NHTSA Defect Petition into Saturn vehicles. Closed 22 February 2005.

Investigation
DP05001
Type
Defect Petition
Opened
10 February 2005
Closed
22 February 2005

What NHTSA investigated

On january 25, 2005, a safety defect petition was received by the office of defects investigation (odi), requesting an investigation of inoperative tail lamps on my 2000-2002 saturn l-series vehicles.the petitioner alleges a defect in the design and assembly of the tail lamp assembly circuit board and light socket contact.the petitioner identified 47 vehicle owner questionnaire's (voq's) associated with the alleged defect, and odi concurs that 40 of those voq's satisfy the scope of this investigation.odi has found an additional 10 voq's related to the allegation.odi has granted the petition and opened a preliminary evaluation (PE05-010).

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
SaturnLS2000–2002

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.