NHTSA campaign 07E054000 · Equipment recall

MAXZONE AUTO PARTS CORPORATION Recall 07E-054: FMVSS 108/AFTERMARKET HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES

NHTSA recall 07E054000 is an equipment recall reported by MAXZONE AUTO PARTS CORPORATION on July 25, 2007, with 9,145 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Nissan Altima for model years 2002–2004. Owners were notified on July 16, 2007, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

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

NHTSA campaign: 07E054000 (also written 07E-054 or 07E054)
Filed by: MAXZONE AUTO PARTS CORPORATION
Report received: July 25, 2007
Potentially affected: 9,145 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Exterior Lighting — Headlights
Owners notified: July 16, 2007
Safety standard: FMVSS 108
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07E054000. 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.

Nissan

Nissan Altima
- 2002, 2003, 2004

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07E054000.

Defect description

CERTAIN MAXZONE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES, DEPO BRAND, P/NOS. 315-1145L-AS AND 315-1145R-AS, SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. DURING PRODUCTION THE LAMP REFLECTOR SHAPE DEFORMED CHANGING THE SHAPE OF THE OPTIC SURFACE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE OPPOSITE POSITION OF LOW BEAM AND HIGH BEAM OPTICSAND CHANGE THE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE AND ILLUMATED LOCATION WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Safety consequence

DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

MAXZONE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY NONCOMPLIANT HEADLIGHTS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 16, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MAXZONE AT 909-822-3288.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT AND HAS NO RELATION TO ANY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY NISSAN.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 07E054000

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.