Exterior lighting: tail lights (Nissan)
Vehicle recall 82V-084. NHTSA received NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’s report on Sep 9, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’s report on Sep 9, 1982. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
ON CERTAIN OF THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, THE LAMP BULB SOCKET BARRELS ARE INSUFFICIENTLY PRESSED INTO THE PLASTIC OUTER SHEELS.
THIS CAUSES AN OPEN OR GROUNDED CIRCUIT AND A MALFUNCTION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: tail lights.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REPLACE ANY DEFECTIVE COMBINATION LAMP HARNESS ASSEMBLIES WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: LIGHTING; TAIL AND BRAKE LAMPS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THE TAIL AND BRAKE LAMPS COULD FAIL TO OPERATE, MAKINGAN ACCIDENT FROM THE REAR VERY LIKELY.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 72,754 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Nissan 310and 1979 and 1980, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.