NHTSA recall 87V167000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	87V167000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1987-10-26
Owners notified	1988-01-11
Component	VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
Units potentially affected	5442

What is wrong

WATER OR SNOW DRIPPING ONTO DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SWITCH ASSEMBLIES MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND SWITCHES TO OVERHEAT.

What can happen

THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE IN THE DOOR PANEL AREA.

The remedy

INSTALL NEWLY DESIGNED WINDOW SWITCHES. (1984 MODELS WILL RECEIVE NEW CONNECTORS ALSO).

Notes

SYSTEM: WINDOW SWITCH ASSEMBLIES.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CONVERTIBLE PASSENGER CARS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1984 CADILLAC ELDORADO	Built 1983-08-01 to 1985-07-01.
1985 CADILLAC ELDORADO	Built 1983-08-01 to 1985-07-01.

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 EA86003

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
EA86003	Engineering analysis, opened 1985-10-28, closed 1988-02-18. SIDE DOOR FIRES. STRUCTURE.

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