{"nhtsa_id":51272,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-03-01","document_id":"97003","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"RECALL 97V-017 - PIVOT AND (PULSE/DIMMER) WINDSHIELD WASHER SWITCH - GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN 1994 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, 1994-95 BUICK REGAL, OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME AND 1995 CHEVROLET LUMINA/MONTECARLO MODEL VEHICLES - SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A STRAINED OR SEPARATED WASHER/WIPER SWITCH POWER FEED WIRE -THIS MAY CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WASHER/WIPER TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND COULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN INOPERATIV WIPERS - IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR IN A SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION, DRIVER VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING - TO CORRECT THIS CONCERN, DEALERS ARE TO SERVICE ALL VEHICLES SUBJECT TO THIS CAMPAIGN AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMERS, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE, AGE OF VEHICLE, OR OWNERSHIP, FROM THIS TIME ON - RECALL 97V-017. *TW","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51272","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"turn-signal","name":"Turn signals","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BUICK","model":"REGAL","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_buick_regal","1995_buick_regal"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"LUMINA","year_from":1995,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_chevrolet_lumina"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MONTE CARLO","year_from":1995,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_chevrolet_monte-carlo"]},{"make":"OLDSMOBILE","model":"CUTLASS SUPREME","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_oldsmobile_cutlass-supreme","1995_oldsmobile_cutlass-supreme"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"GRAND PRIX","year_from":1994,"year_to":1994,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_pontiac_grand-prix"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}