NHTSA Recall 08V331000
NHTSA Campaign Id 08V331000; Date: Jul. 23, 2008
This standard specifies requirements for required original and replacement lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment and their installation. The purpose is to reduce traffic crashes, deaths and injuries resulting from crashes by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.
Recalled Vehicles:
2009 Mack GU
Component: Exterior Lighting:headlights
Manufactured by: Mack Trucks, Inc
Affected Units:: 265
Recall Summary:
Mack is recalling certain my 2009 trucks equipped with hella headlamps for failing to comply with the photometric output requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, 'lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. " the headlamp's bulb shield may not have been completely seated into the headlamp's reflector.
How to Fix:
Dealers will inspect the headlamps for the suspect date codes and replace as required free of charge. The recall began on September 8, 2008. Owners may contact mack trucks at 1-800-528-6586.
Recall Notes:
Mack recall no. Sc0340. 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: Sep 8, 2008
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