NHTSA recall 04V547000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	04V547000
Manufacturer's number	04095
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	2004-11-16
Owners notified	2004-11-17
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Units potentially affected	178798

What is wrong

CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE TURN SIGNAL LAMP AND DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP (DRL) ON EITHER FRONT SIDE CAN STOP WORKING BECAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE BULB AND SOCKET.

What can happen

IF A FRONT TURN SIGNAL LAMP IS INOPERATIVE, OTHERS MAY REACT MORE SLOWLY TO A TURNING VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRL/TURN SIGNAL BULB ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SIDE AND INSPECT FOR AND ADD A DRL JUMPER KIT IF NOT PRESENT. THE RECALL BEGAN NOVEMBER 17, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876.

Notes

GM RECALL NO. 04095.CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Vehicles this campaign lists
2003 SATURN ION	Built 2002-06-01 to 2003-07-31.
2004 SATURN ION	Built 2003-07-01 to 2004-08-31.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE04061

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE04061	Preliminary evaluation, opened 2004-08-17, closed 2004-12-22. FRONT TURN SIGNAL/DRL FAILURE. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
2377	2005-04-27. Service bulletin. UPDATE-2003-2004 ION SEDAN TURN SIGNAL LAMP/DRL SATURN LETTER TO OWNERS. *SC
040842002	2005-03-11. Service bulletin. TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR FLASHING FASTER THAN NORMAL AND CORRESPONDING FRONT TURN SIGNAL BULB INOPERATIVE. EH UPDATED EH

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.