- Vehicles
- 360
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 15 July 2005
- 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.
- VSM 4464RC
What the defect is
Certain vsm 4 inch round stop/tail/turn lamps, p/n 4464RC, sold for use as aftermarket replacement lamps designed for use on the grommet size opening on trucks 2032 mm or more in overall width. These lamps fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.
What could happen
If because of lower performance, a following vehicle operator were unable to see or otherwise misunderstood signals from these rear lamps, a vehicle crash may occur.
What gets fixed
VSM WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE NONCOMPLIANT LAMPS WITH LAMPS THAT COMPLY WITH STANDARD 108 FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUL7 15, 2005.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA15 June 2005
- Owners notified15 July 2005
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 15 June 2005.
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 may contact vsm at 800-832-7233.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- VEHICLE SAFETY MANUFACTURING, LLC
- 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
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.
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.