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 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC | 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 | |||
| 06/15/1998 | 3 | 06/15/1998 | |
| Right front parking light is defective and falls out when vehicle hits bump,unable to correct. yh | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS | |||
| 01/22/2003 | 1 | 03/01/2003 | |
| Stop brake light too dim on vw jetta 1999 old body style. i was driving on a local road with a safe distance to the car infront of me ( a jetta 1999 old body style) all of a sudden the car stopped and i never saw its tail lights turn on. consequently i rear ended the vehicle resulting in a total loss of my vehicle. interestingly the driver in the car infront of me told me that ever since he had purchased this card (about 2 yrs ago) he has been rear ended 3 times before. today i was driving down and i nearly rear ended another jetta of the same make and model. i was obeying all traffic laws and maintaining a very safe driving distance to the vehicle infront of me. i my self own the same jetta and several times i have heard complaints from other drivers that my tail lights are too dim and they nearly rear ended me. i will really appreciate if the office can investigate this issue. this will save a lot of people from getting injured. thank you junaid . *ak | |||
| 06/16/1998 | 5 | 08/01/1998 | |
| Brake lights failed. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 04/19/2005 | 79100 | 1 | 09/27/2000 |
| (1) first, the turn signals began to act strange. when using them they flashed, paused, then continued to flash. later in the day when attempting to put the hazard lights on, they didn't work. after that, the turn signals didn't work either. (2) safety issue while driving, but no accident/injury occurred. (3) took car to independent vw mechanic who replaced hazard/turn signal switch assembly. (4) now researching problem and found that a recall for this very problem began on march 31, 2005 (nhtsa campaign id number 04v584000); however it didn't include the 1998 model year. why not? it's evident that the defect was present in that year also. *jb | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 04/01/1998 | 2 | ||
| While driving headlights were dim. consumer took vehicle to the dealer. consumer found there were alot of complaints regarding the headlights. consumer had to replace the bulb with higher waltage. there was also a problem with the passat. however, the problem was electrical. *ak | |||
| 02/24/2003 | 1 | ||
| The headlights failed, which caused limited visibility.*jb | |||
| 09/05/1999 | 0 | ||
| Headlights turn off at will. it shows on dashboard that headlights are on, but there are no headlights on after driving a mile. *ak | |||