Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | ||||||||||||||||
| 06E026000 | PRO-A MOTORS, INC. | E (Equipment) | 61944 | 04/03/2006 | OVSC | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 03/23/2006 | 03/23/2006 | 571 | 108 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain pro-a motors corner lamps, turn signals, and headlights sold as replacement lamps for use on certain passenger vehicles listed above. some combination lamps that are not equipped with amber side reflectors fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Without the amber reflectors, the vehicle will be poorly illuminated, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash without warning. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Pro-a motors will notify owners and offer to repurchase the lamps. the recall began on april 3, 2006. owners may contact pro-a motors at 323-838-2988. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to pro-a motors aftermarket lamps and has no relation to any original equipment installed on the listed passenger vehicles.for more information on the lamp model numbers, click on document search and view document titled lamp model numbers.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 08E050000 | K2 MOTOR CORPORATION | E (Equipment) | 1921 | 12/17/2008 | OVSC | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 08/11/2008 | 08/14/2008 | 571 | 108 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | K2 motor is recalling 1,921 aftermarket headlamps of various models sold for use on the above listed vehicles. these headlamps are missing the amber side reflex reflector which fails to conform with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Without the amber side reflex reflectors, the lighting visibility may be affected, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | K2 motor will notify owners and offer a full refund. the recall began on decemeber 17, 2008. owners may contact k2 motor at 1-909-839-2992. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket replacement equipment and has no relation to any original equipment installed on vehicles manufactured by honda, ford, or chrysler llc. customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 01/25/2013 | 0 | 1 | |
| I purchased a used 2005 ford focus zxw wagon. i love the vehicle, as it gets good mileage, & has ample space, but i ran into a problem with this vehicle as my left tail light went out on me. upon taking out the rear light assembly, and trying to replace the light bulb, i had the hardest time taking out the light socket out of the light assembly to change the bulb. upon finally getting the light socket out, i find the tail light assembly where the light socket holds the bulb had melted, & deformed the hole of the tail light assembly. what a terrible design! from there, i decided to take out the right side tail light and check to see if the right side tail lens is toast too........sure enough, the right side tail light assembly had melted too, but lucky for me it still works. ford should honor a recall for this problem, as i've read numerous forums about the tail lights melting on the ford focus wagons. *tr | |||
| 01/25/2013 | 0 | ||
| I purchased a used 2005 ford focus zxw wagon. i love the vehicle, as it gets good mileage, & has ample space, but i ran into a problem with this vehicle as my left tail light went out on me. upon taking out the rear light assembly, and trying to replace the light bulb, i had the hardest time taking out the light socket out of the light assembly to change the bulb. upon finally getting the light socket out, i find the tail light assembly where the light socket holds the bulb had melted, & deformed the hole of the tail light assembly. what a terrible design! from there, i decided to take out the right side tail light and check to see if the right side tail lens is toast too........sure enough, the right side tail light assembly had melted too, but lucky for me it still works. ford should honor a recall for this problem, as i've read numerous forums about the tail lights melting on the ford focus wagons. | |||
| 10/17/2008 | 24000 | 1 | 07/21/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford focus. while backing out of the driveway at approximately 3 mph, the back up lights were inoperative. the failure occurred without warning. the contact repaired the vehicle. he was concerned of the safety risk involved. the failure and current mileages were 24,000. updated 11/24/08 *cn updated 11/26/08. *jb | |||
| 10/03/2008 | 34000 | 1 | |
| Noticed on the way home from work on friday that when i clicked on the left turn signal, it went in a fast blink which usually means a burned out bulb, short, or blown fuse, but usually just a burned out bulb. once i got home in the driveway, i get out and test the lights and see that the front left turn signals are flashing fast, and the back left turn signal is not flashing at all. i'm still hoping for a burned out bulb at this point. i make a note to change it out in the morning. on saturday oct 4th i pull off the left rear lighting assembly, consisting of two screws holding it to the car, and i find two bulb connections; the bottom one (brake lights) has a normal quarter turn and pull out connector to get to the bulb. only that bulb is fine. the top one also has one of those quarter-turn-and-pull connectors, only it does not pull heck it doesn't even quarter turn, it's frozen in place, and the back side of this light assembly is melted into an egg shape (supposed to be round). now i'm not into just a bulb any more. it's saturday, and my nearest ford dealership is on m-f bankers hours, so i order a replacement from autozone for $100 which should be here this week. i see from nhtsa web site that there are no existing recalls for this issue, however somebody else apparently has also submitted this exact same problem. i will be asking my ford dealer about it this coming week, but i am also filing this complaint to document a part failure on a car that is only three years old, and whatever the reason; this failure involves electrical systems, external lighting, melting plastic parts, and failed safety equipment. i leave it up to you to determine if further action is required. *tr updated 02/19/10. *lj the consumer stated the issue with the melted assembly around the brake light socket was not limited to the back left, but also present in the back light tail light of his 2005 ford focus station wagon. updated 02/19/10.*jb | |||
| 06/20/2008 | 40000 | 1 | |
| 1)there wasn't much leading up to the failure. it just happened. not one, but both of the casings for our rear/brake signal lights melted. that meant that the lamp assembly, or hole, that the light bulb socket goes into, melted in both the left and right rear lights even though we never changed the bulbs before in our car. the casing, or lamp assembly, became warped after melting so that we couldn't even twist the light bulb socket to change the bulb. 2) this made it so that both rear/break lights do not work. 3) we took it to the dealership. this is incredibly frustrating. it should have taken us no more than $4 to buy and change a light bulb. instead it took the $181.89 to replace the left casing (lamp asy), bulb and socket asy. dealer said problem might be due to driving in stop-and-go traffic and that he has seen this problem before in our car. we need to get the right/rear light fixed also, same problem. i contacted the customer relations division for the car company. they contend they are siding with the dealership that this is a stop-and-go traffic problem. they refuse to fix it and say it's not covered by my warranty. my concern is that there are all these people driving in cities whose plastic parts are incompatible with the heat of the lightbulbs. this is a safety problem as i don't know if this could cause a fire if plastic parts, like the casing, can't withstand heat. *tr | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 07/17/2005 | 2 | 07/16/2005 | |
| Dt: 2005 ford focus. the consumer stated the grill and headlights were out of place. when the vehicle was taken to the dealership, they were not sure if they were going to able to fix the problem. the dealership made adjustments, but the consumer didn't feel it was properly corrected. the consumer stated only one half of the headlight assembly was able to be put in compliance. he has been told the radiator support panel was built in an improper position. ford stated the vehicle was built within tolerance. it should not affect any safety components. when the consumer asked for that in writing they were unsure of themselves. *ak the consumer stated the hood sits too low at the fender near the right a- pillar, the consumer stated there was no problem before the vehicle was serviced. *jb | |||