Daily Auto News Recall Alert: 185,000 GM, Isuzu Trucks
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General Motors is recalling about 185,000 small Chevrolet, GM and Isuzu pickup trucks to correct a brake light defect that could contribute to an accident.
Affected vehicles include the 2004-2009 Chevrolet Colorado, the 2004-2009 GMC Canyon, the 2006 Isuzu I-280, the 2006 Isuzu I-350, the 2007-2008 Isuzu I-290 and the 2007-2008 Isuzu I-370.
In a defect notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the automaker explains, “Some of these vehicles have a brake lamp switch that may not work as designed due to contamination in the switch. This could cause the simultaneous loss of all brake lamps, or cause all of the brake lamps to stay on continuously. Both of these conditions could fail to warn others of the driver’s intentions and could lead to a vehicle crash.”
The recall initially reflects only vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Utah.
Dealers will replace the brake lamp switch free of charge, but a new part is being designed to solve the problem – and GM says it could be early next year before the fix is available to dealerships. Dealers should begin contacting owners in those states by February of next year. GM’s defect notice explains, “A special coverage for vehicles registered in all other states will be implemented in the same time frame. In the interim, owners who experience the failure can obtain a free repair, however they will be required to return with the new design part becomes available.”
Concerned owners may contact Chevrolet at (800) 630-2438, GMC at (866) 996-9463, and Isuzu at (800) 255-6727.
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