Exterior lighting: turn signal: switch (Rolls-Royce and Bentley)
Vehicle recall 89V-045. NHTSA received ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC.’s report on Mar 27, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC.’s report on Mar 27, 1989. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 25, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
LAMPS WOULD EITHER REMAIN CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED ORFAIL TO ILLUMINATE AND FAILING TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS THAT THE VEHICLE WASSTOPPING, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, MICRO SWITCH CONNECTED TO BRAKE PEDAL MAY FAIL CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHT NOT TO PROVIDE CORRECT BRAKING SIGNALS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: turn signal: switch.
What should you do?
INSTALL AN IMPROVED STOP LAMP SWITCH AND MODIFY WIRING, AS APPROPRIATE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: STOP LAMP SWITCH.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,846 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rolls-Royce Rolls Royceand 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, before the model years listed here
- Bentley Bentleyand 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 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 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 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 25, 2026.