- Vehicles
- 300
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 1 December 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.
- Grand General 4" Spyder RED LED
What the defect is
Certain grand general 4" spyder red LED light only, p/n 83883, stop/turn/tail lamps sold as aftermarket equipment for vehicles greater than 80". The lights are date stamped on the day of production and can be identified by the date stamp "2004 apr 16" or "2004 apr 17". These lights have bad light output caused by a limiting resistor which gives an incorrect power current draw. These lights fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.
What could happen
Low light output may not be seen in time by approaching motorists, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
GRAND GENERAL WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND WILL EXCHANGE THE PRODUCT WITH A COMPLIANT LAMP OR OFFER CREDIT UPON RETURN OF THE PRODUCT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 1, 2005.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA17 November 2005
- Owners notified1 December 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 17 November 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 grand general at 800-325-0578.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- GRAND GENERAL ACC. & MFG.
- 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.