Exterior lighting: headlights: switch (Grumman)
Vehicle recall 88V-004. NHTSA received GRUMMAN OLSON, INC’s report on Jan 13, 1988.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GRUMMAN OLSON, INC’s report on Jan 13, 1988. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 101.
THE HEADLAMP SWITCH IS NOT IDENTIFIED AS REQUIRED BY FMVSS/101.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: headlights: switch.
What should you do?
PROVIDE A DECAL TO BE PLACED ON INSTRUMENT PANEL ADJACENT TO THE HEADLAMP SWITCH.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: HEADLAMP SWITCH/FMVSS 101.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: GRUMMAN KURBMASTER BODIES INSTALLED ON FORD E 350 CHASSIS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 143 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Grumman Kurbmasterand 1987, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GRUMMAN OLSON, INC.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.