Vehicle recall 97V162000 · September 22, 1997

Saturn SC and SC1

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The section of the owner's handbook titled "horizontal aim" does not specifically instruct an owner how to adjust the headlamp horizontal aim. This does not comply with requirements of FMVSS no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
Consequence: A vehicle's headlamp would not be properly adjusted causing visibility problems to oncoming vehicles.
Remedy: Owners are being provided with a label with the correct information on headlamp horizontal aim to be placed over the existing text in the owner's handbook. If an owner desires, their dealer can place the sticker in the owner's handbook for them.
Notes: Owner notification began during September 1997. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Saturn at 1-800-553-6000 (prompt 3). Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 97V162000
Reported to NHTSA: September 22, 1997
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Owner notification: September 22, 1997
Vehicles potentially affected: 37,970
Initiated by: the manufacturer
Components: Exterior lighting › Headlights

Recall 97V162000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

Vehicles covered

As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.

Saturn SC (1997): 1997
Saturn SC1 (1997): 1997

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