- Vehicles
- 17,700
- Built between
- Aug 2005 – Aug 2005
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 14 September 2005
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between August 2005 and August 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Uni-Bond KT3405RBuilt August 2005 to August 2005
- Uni-Bond SE4000RBuilt August 2005 to August 2005
- Uni-Bond SE4042RBuilt August 2005 to August 2005
What the defect is
Certain uni-bond 4" stop tail turn lamps, p/nos. SE4000R, SE4042R, and KT3405R, with date codes 4H21B1, 4H22B1, 4H23B1, 4H24BI, 4H25B1, and 4H25B2 manufactured between august 21 and august 25, 2004, sold as aftermarket equipment for use on heavy trucks, trailers, and buses. Due to mis-alignment of the bulb in the bulb holder, less than optimum light in the 5 and 10 degree zones is delivered which fails to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, deflective devices, and associated equipment.
What could happen
Other motorist may not perceive the intent to the driver who has had these lamps installed on their vehicle and a vehicle crash could occur.
What gets fixed
UNI-BOND WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE NONCOMPLIANT LAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN SEPTEMBER 14, 2005.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtAugust 2005 to August 2005
- Recall reported to NHTSA12 October 2005
- Owners notified14 September 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 12 October 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
Customers may contact uni-bond at 713-303-3413.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- UNI-BOND LIGHTING AND SAFETY, 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 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.