Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 GMC Sierra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
HEADLAMP LIGHT SWITCH WORKS ON AND OFF, MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. *AK THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE UNIT REQUIRED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB
THE BACK UP LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY MOVE THE WIPERS TO MAKE THEM MOVE AGAIN. GM RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE ONLY BECAUSE OF VIN #. I'M EXPERIENCING ALL THE PROBLEMS THE RECALLED VEHICLES HAVE./ ON THE SECOND PROBLEM. I WAS HAVING SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY COLUMN DUE TO THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH GOING BAD. THIS SWITCH CONTROLS THE CRUISE CONTROL, TURN SIGNAL, WIPERS, HAZARD LIGHTS ETC. THE TURN SIGNAL RELAY KEPT GOING OFF , SOUNDING LIKE THE HAZARDS WERE ON ALL THE TIME. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*AK
DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. CONSUMER HAS EXAMINED ELEMENTS FOR HEADLIGHTS AND FOUND NO DEFECT WHILE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK *JB
WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK ON THE ROAD HEADLIGHTS WILL CUT OFF, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT LIGHTS. ALSO, WHEN ON HIGH BEAM THEY WILL TURN OFF. *AK
THE SIGNAL LIGHT HAD GENERATED A LOT OF HEAT & MELTED THE SOCKET THAT THE BULB WAS IN. THE BULB HAD BLOWN OUT AT THE TIME. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK & REPLACE.*AK
BOTH HI AND LOW BEAMS OF HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT. WENT TO DEALER NEXT DAY. DEALER CHARGED $502.65 TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH. WIRING WAS MELTED AND BURNED ON SWITCH. THIS COULD HAVE STARTED A VEHICLE FIRE, OR CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS DID NOT PROTECT VEHICLE WIRING. SWITCH IS AVAILABLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT FOR EXAMINATION.
BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO WORK WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT. DEALER FOUND WIRING BURNED UP ON DIMMER SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN. NO FIRE OCCURRED. DEALER CHARGE TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE SWITCH WAS $502.65. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN HEADLIGHTS FAIL WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT. INCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE. WHY DIDN'T FUSE OR CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECT WIRING? PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE THE FAILED DIMMER SWITCH ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE THE FAILED SWITCH WHICH THE DEALER HERE IN FRANKENMUTH, MICHIGAN REPLACED.
DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS FAILED.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ENGAGE WHEN PUTTING ON PARKING BRAKE, STARTING ENGINE, OR WHEN TURNING ON LEFT TURN SIGNAL.
HEAD LIGHTS FAILED.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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