2000 AM General Hummer recall: lights
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. The turn signal switch plastic cancellation pin CAN wear prematurely causing the signals to fail to cancel after completing a turn.
💥 The risk
This could send an incorrect lamp signal to other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the turn signal switch with a new switch having a metal cancellation pin. Owner notification began november 16, 2001. 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 am general at 1-800-638-8303.
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
- 01V336000
- Manufacturer
- AM GENERAL CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 2,839
- Component
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
- Owner phone
- 1-800-638-8303
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Nov 16, 2001
- Built
- Oct 30, 1998 – Sep 23, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).