The defect
THE NEUTRAL START SAFETY SWITCH COULD HAVE BEEN FRACTURED DURING INSTALLATION.
The risk
A FRACTURED SWITCH CAN RESULT IN A NO-START CONDITION.ALSO, A VEHICLE WITH A FRACTURED SWITCH CAN BE STARTED IN GEAR, CAUSING THEVEHICLE TO MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE NEUTRAL START SWITCH. THE MANUAL SWITCH OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY WILL BE INSPECTED AND REPLACED IF AN OVERSIZED CONDITION EXISTS.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Buick Skylark | 1993 |
| Oldsmobile Achieva | 1993 |
| Pontiac Grand Am | 1993 |
Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
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 Skylark | 1993 | 46 | 1 |
| Oldsmobile Achieva | 1993 | 38 | 1 |
| Pontiac Grand Am | 1993 | 204 | 1 |
Other electrical system recalls in 1993
14 of the 223 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1993 concerned the electrical system; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 93V204000 7 Dec 1993 | PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC. |
| 93V200000 1 Dec 1993 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 93V182000 8 Nov 1993 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 93V134000 13 Aug 1993 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 93V132000 10 Aug 1993 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 93V128000 2 Aug 1993 | GRUMMAN OLSON, INC |
| 93V127000 26 Jul 1993 | FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
| 93V102000 14 Jun 1993 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1993