NHTSA campaign 06E042000 · Equipment recall

SABRY LEE, INC. Recall 06E-042: FMVSS 108/INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING VISIBILITY

NHTSA recall 06E042000 is an equipment recall reported by SABRY LEE, INC. on May 22, 2006, with 15,974 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Silverado for model years 1999–2002. Owners were notified on May 10, 2006, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by SABRY LEE, INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 06E042000 (also written 06E-042 or 06E042)
Filed by: SABRY LEE, INC.
Report received: May 22, 2006
Potentially affected: 15,974 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Exterior Lighting — Headlights
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 06E042000. 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.

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Silverado
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06E042000.

Defect description

CERTAIN EAGLE EYES REPLACEMENT HEADLAMPS, MODEL NOS. GM159-B001L AND GM159-B001R, SOLD FOR USE ON 1999-2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO MODEL VEHICLES. THE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE PHOTOMETRIC REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Safety consequence

THE HEADLAMPS HAVE DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

SABRY LEE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND ISSUE FULL CREDIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABRY LEE AT 1-866-467-2279.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO AFTERMARKET EAGLE EYES HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES AND HAS NO RELATION TO ANY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON CHEVROLET SILVERADO VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY GENERAL MOTORS.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 06E042000

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.