NHTSA campaign 06E040000 · Equipment recall

E SPEED RACING Recall 06E-040: FMVSS 108/AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTOR

NHTSA recall 06E040000 is an equipment recall reported by E SPEED RACING on May 15, 2006, with 1,648 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Honda Civic, BMW E46, Honda Accord and more for model years 1995–2003 (try.vin imports model years 1995 and later). 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 06E040000 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.

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by E SPEED RACING: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 06E040000 (also written 06E-040 or 06E040)
Filed by: E SPEED RACING
Report received: May 15, 2006
Potentially affected: 1,648 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Exterior Lighting
Owners notified: May 10, 2006
Safety standard: FMVSS 108
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06E040000. 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.

BMW

BMW E46
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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GMC

GMC Pickup
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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Honda

Honda Accord
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Honda Civic
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06E040000.

Defect description

CERTAIN E SPEED RACING COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT 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.

Safety consequence

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

Manufacturer remedy

E SPEED RACING WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT E SPEED RACING 909-923-3636.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO E SPEED RACING AFTERMARKET COMBINATION 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'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 06E040000

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.