2005 GMC Canyon defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 GMC Canyon. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• BRAKE LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION
  Recall Query RQ09001 · opened Feb 25, 2009 · closed Jul 30, 2009 · led to recall 09V310000

  On july 28,2009, gm initiated a regional recall campaign on certain model year (my) 2004-2009 chevrolet colorado and gmc canyon vehicles and my2006-2008 isuzu I-series vehicles.the states and u.s. Territories involved are al, az, fl, ga, hi, la, ms, nv, nm, pr, sc, tx, vi and ut.a total of 185,903 vehicles will be reca…

• BRAKE LAMP SWITCH FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE05065 · opened Dec 2, 2005 · closed May 1, 2006 · led to recall 06V139000

  By letter dated april 26, 2006, gm notified the agency that it is conducting a safety recall (nhtsa recall no. 06v139) involving certain model year (my) 2004-06 chevrolet colorado, gmc canyon and 2006 my isuzu i280/i350 vehicles.gm's recall covers 404,733 vehicles.gm reports that loss of brake lamp illumination was cau…