2000 Chevrolet Cavalier recall: interior lighting
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with the bi-fuel option fail to comply with FMVSS no. 101, "control location, identification, and illumination." the instrument panel lights in these vehicles are at full illumination levels and cannot be adjusted. The standard requires at least two levels of illumination.
💥 The risk
This could make it more difficult to see objects outside the vehicle when driving at night.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the fuel type indicator switch assembly, which includes the instrument panel illumination control.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V201000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00062
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 28
- Component
- INTERIOR LIGHTING
- Owner phone
- 1-800-222-1020
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 14, 2000
- Built
- Jul 1, 1999 – Nov 30, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began september 14, 2000.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 chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).