General Motors Corp.: Exterior Lighting › Headlights › High/Low Beam Dimmer Switch
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 1, 1991 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 116. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
CARS WERE BUILT MISSING A WIRE BETWEEN THE DIGITAL CLUSTER AND THE DIMMER CONTROL, THEREBY FAILING TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO LEVELS OF LIGHTING.
The risk
VEHICLES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 101.
The remedy
REWIRE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DIMMER SWITCH AND THE DIGITAL CLUSTER.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Oldsmobile 88 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 91V034000.
Full record for the 1990 Oldsmobile 88 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →