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 | |||||||||||||||
| 09E012000 | SABERSPORT | E (Equipment) | 16270 | 05/11/2009 | OVSC | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 04/07/2009 | 04/07/2009 | 571 | 108 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Sabersport is recalling 16,270 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. these lamps do not contain the required amber side reflectors. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Sabersport will notify owners and offer a full refund for the noncompliant combination lamps. the safety recall began on may 11, 2009. owners may contact sabersport at 1-909-598-7589. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket replacement equipment and has no relation to any original equipment installed on vehicles produced by the vehicle manufacturer.in order to determine if your aftermarket lamp assembly is affected by this noncompliance, please review the list of model numbers provided to us by sabersport.the list can be found under document search located at the bottom of your screen.owners may also 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 . | |||||||||||||||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 09E025000 | DOPE, INC. | E (Equipment) | 42540 | 07/28/2009 | OVSC | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 05/11/2009 | 05/11/2009 | 571 | 108 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Dope, inc. is recalling 42,540 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. these lamps do not contain the required amber side reflectors. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dope, inc. will notify owners and offer a full refund for the noncompliant combination lamps. the safety recall began on july 28, 2009. owners may contact dope, inc. at 1-626-272-1798. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket replacement equipment and has no relation to any original equipment installed on vehicles produced by the vehicle manufacturer.in order to determine if your aftermarket lamp assembly is affected by this noncompliance, please review the list of model numbers provided to us by dope, inc.the list can be found under document search located at the bottom of your screen. owners may also 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 01/15/2007 | 50000 | 1 | |
| Turn signals failure at times, does not happen all the time. *tr | |||
| 04/01/2006 | 160000 | ||
| 98' ford ranger: has a cracked frame on the rear right side. truck makes loud noises when driving and i am afraid it may become worse over time or completely break down in unsafe speeds. i can not sell it, as i was trying to use the money for a new vehicle due to a new baby in our family. no one will buy such a defective vehicle. also seat belts will not stay latched? also the inside dome light melts right through the covering, where temperatures make the plastic cover bubble and melt. | |||
| 11/06/2008 | 40000 | 1 | |
| The plastic headlight lens are severely cloudy, a lot worse as time time goes on....years ago, when i bought the truck they were clear, now they are very - very opac, cloudy, so bad that you can't even see the headlight bulb ! there are many vehicles that have the same problem! so many, in fact that the part store aftermarket industries have come out with a restoration kit . i am sure that the cloudy, opac lens do severely lessen the amount of light emitted through the lens. my opinion on this is that the type of plastic selected by ford seemed fine back in 1998 but over a period of years the plastic deteriorates. my recommendations is to have the manufactures replace them. by, i did buy the kit from a parts store and it is called headlight restorer / defogger kit. myheadlight.com . my brother and i hand buffed his 2001 jeep headlights and it took us almost 2 hours ! it did help the amount of lighting! p.s. sorry, haven't got spell-check.... *tr | |||
| 21000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer complained about a turn signal problem. consumer was driving and noticed a puff of smoke, and a crackling sound behind the dashboard. consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, and dealer determined that multi-function module had an electrical short. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS | |||
| 6 | 05/20/1998 | ||
| Fuse for the abs light failed causing the abs light and emergency brake light to illuminate even though the emergency brake was not engaged. nlm | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 01/02/2003 | 30000 | 5 | |
| While driving with headlights on at night the headlights go out intermittently. the consumer must turn the headlight switch several times to get the headlights to operate again. *ak when the consumer placed the high beams on, they would fail to go back to dim. the switch on the dash sometimes failed to bring the lights on, would take several minutes before going off. the switches in the doors were faulty and casued the lights to fail to turn off. *sc | |||
| 1 | 03/10/1998 | ||
| Inside head light inoperable. yh | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | |||
| 05/18/1999 | 1 | ||
| Headlamp switch failed causing visibility problems when only the tail lights and front parking lights were working. mjs | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL | |||
| 07/02/2009 | 73000 | 1 | |
| This is a 98 ford ranger xlt with 73,000 miles, my problem is the turning signals from my 98 ford ranger, everytime that i turned my truck on it makes a squeaking sound around my steering wheel, then right away my left turning signal light turns on by itself, right away when the left turning signal light turns on by itself the squeaking sound goes away, so now to quit my left turning signal light from keeping lighting on by itself i have to push down the emergency button on top of my steering wheel which turn both turning signal lights on, then right away i have to push it down again to turn them off, at that time there is no squeaking sound, but after 5 or 10 more minutes the annoying sound comes back on and i have to do the whole process again to turn off the squeaking sound, it just started to happened 3 months ago. *tr | |||
| 07/22/2007 | 3 | 04/07/2006 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1998 ford ranger. while driving approximately 45 mph, the contact noticed smoke coming from the hazard switch. the vehicle was taken to the garage and the turn signal switch was replaced. the manufacturer informed the contact that there were no recalls. the current and failure mileages were unknown. | |||
| 06/01/1998 | |||
| Signal lever is 15-20 degrees to right or left of center, it does not stay engaged when turning have to hold the lever and turning with the other hand. two dealers indicated problem was due to a design flaw. dealer cannot duplicate the problem. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL - FLASHER UNIT | |||
| 01/01/2002 | 100 | 01/01/1998 | |
| Steering wheel movement disables left directional. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL - SWITCH | |||
| Part within the multi-function switch which controls turn signal /headlights/ low beams and high beams burned or melted, causing the headlights to become inoperable. please give any further details. *ak | |||