NHTSA recall 92V086000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	92V086000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1992-06-19
Owners notified	1992-09-11
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Units potentially affected	112765

What is wrong

BRAKE STOPLAMPS MAY NOT ILLUMINATE OR, IN SOME CASES, STOPLAMPS MAY NOT STAY ILLUMINATED ALL THE TIME WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED DUE TO A FAULTY STOPLAMP SWITCH. ALSO, IN VEHICLES WITH CRUISE CONTROL, A FAULTY STOPLAMP SWITCH CAN RESULT IN RESUMPTION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION UPON RELEASE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL.

What can happen

A TRAILING VEHICLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE A BRAKING ACTIONIN TIME TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WILL REENGAGE UPONRELEASE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND RESUME THE SET SPEED. IN EITHER CASE, IT COULDRESULT IN A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

The remedy

INSTALL AN IMPROVED DESIGN STOPLAMP SWITCH.

Notes

SYSTEM: BRAKE STOPLAMP SWITCH.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.NOTE: THIS RECALL AUGMENTS NHTSA RECALL 90V185000.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1988 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX	Built 1987-07-01 to 1988-11-01.
1989 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX	Built 1987-07-01 to 1988-11-01.

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 EA91051

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
EA91051	Engineering analysis, opened 1991-11-26, closed 1992-06-30. BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. EXTERIOR LIGHTING.

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