# NHTSA recall 08V231000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 08V231000
- Manufacturer's number: 01073
- Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Reported: 2008\-05\-21
- Owners notified: 2008\-06\-17
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
- Units potentially affected: 5862

## What is wrong

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING 5,862 MY 2000\-2002 CHEVROLET BLAZER, MY 2000\-2001 GMC JIMMY, AND MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.  THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH COULD DEVELOP AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN THE STOP LAMPS AND THE REAR HAZARD LAMPS BECOMING INOPERATIVE.  THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP AND TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED.


## What can happen

THE LOSS OF STOP LAMPS AND REAR HAZARD LAMPS COULD FAIL TO WARN A FOLLOWING DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE IS BRAKING AND/OR IS STOPPED AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HAZARD SWITCH CARRIER.  THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 17, 2008.   OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1\-800\-630\-2438, GMC AT 1\-866\-996\-9463, OR OLDSMOBILE AT 1\-800\-630\-6537, OR THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE AT \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM\>HTTP://WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM\</A\> .  NOTE:  THIS CAMPAIGN IS AN EXPANSION OF A PREVIOUS RECALL \(PLEASE SEE 01V364\).


## Notes

GM RECALL NO. 01073.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER](/makes/chevrolet/blazer/2000/recalls.md). Built 1999\-09\-01 to 2000\-07\-31.
- [2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER](/makes/chevrolet/blazer/2001/recalls.md). Built 2000\-03\-01 to 2001\-06\-30.
- [2002 CHEVROLET BLAZER](/makes/chevrolet/blazer/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-04\-01 to 2001\-08\-31.
- 2000 GMC JIMMY. Built 1999\-09\-01 to 2000\-07\-31.
- 2001 GMC JIMMY. Built 2000\-03\-01 to 2000\-08\-31.
- [2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA](/makes/oldsmobile/bravada/2000/recalls.md). Built 1999\-09\-01 to 2000\-07\-31.

## Investigated as RQ08001

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.

- RQ08001: Recall query, opened 2008\-02\-28, closed 2008\-07\-09. HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:UNIT.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/08V231000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/08V231000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [02\-08\-42\-001I](/bulletins/10116890.md), 2017-08-31, Service bulletin
- [01073](/bulletins/636530.md), 2002-11-09, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/08V231000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/08V231000)

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