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  NHTSA Recall 05V144000

NHTSA Campaign Id 05V144000; Date: Apr. 7, 2005

During night driving conditions or while the vehicle is parked, the rear and rear-side marker lights will not provide any reflex reflection to mark the vehicle's location in the dark increasing the risk of a crash.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

2005 Fleetwood Scorpion

Component: Exterior Lighting

Manufactured by: Fleetwood Folding Trailer, Inc.

Affected Units:: 165

icon3 Recall Summary:

Certain toy hauler trailers fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. " the rear and rear-side marker lights were purchased and installed without the reflex reflector capability.

icon2 How to Fix:

Dealers will remove and replace four marker lights with a surface mount bracket free of charge. The recall began on may 11, 2005. Owners may contact fleetwood folding at 1-800-322-8216.

icon4 Recall Notes:

Fleetwood folding recall no. 05-1. Customers may also 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.

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: May 11, 2005

Also see:

All recalls of Fleetwood vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.