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NHTSA campaign 06E038000 · Equipment recall

ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES Recall 06E-038: FMVSS 108/HEADLAMP/AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTORS

NHTSA recall 06E038000 is an equipment recall reported by ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES on May 8, 2006, with 724 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Acura RSX and more for model years 1996–2005. Owners were notified on May 10, 2006, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 06E038000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign
06E038000 (also written 06E-038 or 06E038)
Filed by
ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES
Report received
Potentially affected
724 units (per NHTSA)
Component
Exterior Lighting
Owners notified
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
Recall type
Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06E038000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Acura

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Ford

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Honda

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Mazda

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Mitsubishi

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06E038000.

Defect description

CERTAIN ALFAOTTO COMBINATION HEADLAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. 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.

Safety consequence

WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Manufacturer remedy

ALFAOTTO WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE HEADLAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ALFAOTTO AT 626-656-2992 OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.ALFAOTTO.COM.

Notes

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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 06E038000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.