NHTSA campaign 06E075000 · Equipment recall

GUIDE CORPORATION Recall 06E-075: FMVSS 108/PHOTOMETRY REQUIREMENTS

NHTSA recall 06E075000 is an equipment recall reported by GUIDE CORPORATION on August 28, 2006, with 17,268 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Silverado for model years 1999–2002. Owners were notified on August 31, 2006, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by GUIDE CORPORATION: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 06E075000 (also written 06E-075 or 06E075)
Filed by: GUIDE CORPORATION
Report received: August 28, 2006
Potentially affected: 17,268 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Exterior Lighting — Headlights
Owners notified: August 31, 2006
Safety standard: FMVSS 108
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06E075000. 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 06E075000.

Defect description

CERTAIN GUIDE REPLACEMENT HEADLAMPS, P/NOS. 16526133 AND 16526134, MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 1 TO JULY 11, 2006, SOLD FOR USE ON MY 1999-2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCKS. THE HEADLAMP FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE PHOTOMETRY REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Safety consequence

TOO MUCH LIGHT IN CERTAIN POINTS OF THE HEADLAMP COULD CREATE A DISTRACTION, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

GUIDE CORPORATION WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE HEADLAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 31, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GUIDE AT 248-874-0355.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO AFTERMARKET GUIDE HEADLAMPS 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 06E075000

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.