GM says wonky lights on Cadillacs, Chevys aren't safety risks
Published Date: 9/11/2026
Notice
Summary
General Motors found a small issue with the lights on some 2024 Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Colorado, and GMC Canyon models. They told the government and asked for a decision saying this problem doesn’t really affect safety. If you want to share your thoughts, you have until October 13, 2026, to speak up—no money or recalls are expected right now!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
About 10,241 GM vehicles affected
General Motors says about 10,241 model year 2024 Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Colorado, and GMC Canyon vehicles, manufactured between November 16, 2023 and March 19, 2024, do not fully meet FMVSS No. 108 because taillamps, side marker lamps, and license plate lamps may not activate under a specific set of conditions (master lighting switched from "AUTO" to "OFF", dark ambient light, and transmission not in "PARK"). The manufacturer filed a noncompliance report on April 25, 2024 and petitioned NHTSA on May 17, 2024 claiming the noncompliance is inconsequential.
GM petitions to avoid recall obligations
GM petitioned NHTSA for a decision that the noncompliance is "inconsequential" and requested exemption from the duties to notify owners, purchasers, and dealers and to remedy the noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120. The statute and notice explain that NHTSA may exempt a manufacturer from those notification and remedy duties, and any decision would apply only to vehicles no longer under the manufacturer's control when the noncompliance was determined.
Production fixed on/after March 19, 2024
GM states that the subject noncompliance was addressed in production for all applicable vehicles manufactured on or after March 19, 2024. That means vehicles built on or after that date are represented as corrected in production.
Dealers remain barred from selling affected cars
NHTSA's notice states that any decision on GM's petition does not relieve vehicle distributors and dealers of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, or introduction into interstate commerce of the noncompliant vehicles under their control after GM notified them that the subject noncompliance existed. Distributors and dealers therefore remain subject to those prohibitions once they have been notified.
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