Road Warrior By Seasense Exterior Lighting

Road Warrior by Seasense is recalling about 52,665 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. Drivers approaching from the rear could experience reduced detection distances, which could conceivable lead to a vehicle crash.

Campaign
04E076000
Manufacturer
UNIFIED MARINE, INC.
Reported
5 October 2004
Vehicles
52,665
Built between
Not published
Models
3
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • Road Warrior By Seasense 50080270
  • Road Warrior By Seasense 50080272
  • Road Warrior By Seasense 50080274

What the defect is

Aftermarket light kits models 50080270, 50080272, and 50080274 and manufactured between december 2002 and july 2004. These light do not meet the photometric requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.

What could happen

Drivers approaching from the rear could experience reduced detection distances, which could conceivable lead to a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

UNIFIED MARINE'S PETITION FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE RECALL WAS DENIED ON MARCH 8, 2005. UNIFIED MARINE WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE NONCOMPLIANT LIGHT KITS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUNE 15, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA5 October 2004

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 5 October 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners who do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact unified marine toll free at 800-282-8725.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
UNIFIED MARINE, INC.
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
Recall initiated by
OVSC

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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