The defect
INCORRECT TAIL LAMP LENS WERE INSTALLED, LENS DO NOT CONFORM TO FMVSS 108, LAMP REFLECTIVE DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IN TIMES OF REDUCED VISIBILITY, AN APPROACHING VEHICLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS VEHICLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
The remedy
CORRECT TAIL LAMP LENS WILL BE INSTALLED.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Buick Skyhawk | 1986 |
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buick Skyhawk | 1986 | 0 | 1 |
Other exterior lighting recalls in 1985
5 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1985 concerned the exterior lighting; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 85V078000 13 Jun 1985 | AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. |
| 85V021000 1 Mar 1985 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 85V019000 20 Feb 1985 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 85V011000 5 Feb 1985 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1985