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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 01/16/1998 | |||
| Consumer has experienced problem with intermittent brake failure. when brakes applied vehicle would keep on going. also, intermittently park lights and abs lights would come on, and all brakes would fail to stop vehicle. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 03/05/2004 | 15000 | 2 | 07/05/1991 |
| Defective headlamp circuit breaker causes headlights to flash off and on repeatedly. first failure occurred when car was 2 years old, second failure in the last year. car has less than 57,000 miles. 1991 supercoupe model has foglamps as do the 1992 and later thunderbird models for which a recall exists.*ak | |||
| 07/18/2001 | 165000 | 0 | 09/17/2000 |
| Headlight failure intermittent operation. ts | |||
| 09/01/1999 | 02/01/1993 | ||
| No summary | |||
| After 20-30 minutes of having headlights turned on, they will begin to blink, turn on and off, causing poor visiblity. consumer feels it is the same defect as stated in recall #99v275000. but this vehicle is not included due to vin. *ak | |||
| 06/10/1996 | 15 | 11/01/1995 | |
| No summary | |||
| 1 | 09/28/1995 | ||
| Headlights flicker then go out. | |||
| 06/15/1996 | 1 | ||
| Headlight failure. during vehicle operation the headlights periodically come on and off. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 04/10/2000 | 2 | 05/17/1997 | |
| Headlights flicker at night, making it very hard to see. consumer is having the same problem as discussed in a manufacturer's recall concerning headlamp switch. however, this vehicle is not included. *ak the head light switch had been replaced twice. the consumer had encountered close calls due to head light failures and indicated the conditon to be dangerous. *yh | |||
| 12/01/1997 | |||
| The headlights flash on and off while driving. at times they would go off completely. the light switch has been replaced. *ak | |||