Chevrolet Exterior Lighting: Headlights

Chevrolet is recalling about 144 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. Inadequate lighting could reduce visibility of the vehicle increasing the rick of a crash.

Campaign
07V482000
Manufacturer
GM DAEWOO AUTO & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reported
16 October 2007
Vehicles
144
Built between
Oct 2004 – Jan 2006
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
2 January 2008
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2004 and January 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2005-2006 Chevrolet OptraBuilt October 2004 to January 2006

What the defect is

On certain vehicles located in guam and saipan, the headlamp low beam or daytime running light (DRL) function may be inoperative due to a melted splice pack (S201) on the ip harness.

What could happen

Inadequate lighting could reduce visibility of the vehicle increasing the rick of a crash.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL CHANGE THE HEADLAMP LOW BEAM SPLICING TYPE AND SEPARATE IT FROM SPLICE PACK 201 TO PROTECT HOUSING MELTING DUE TO POTENTIAL POOR CONTACT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 2, 2008.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2004 to January 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA16 October 2007
  3. Owners notified2 January 2008

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 16 October 2007.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact GM daewoo at 1-671-648-8453.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
GM DAEWOO AUTO & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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