Chevrolet Exterior Lighting

Chevrolet is recalling about 2 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. Following vehicles may not be fully informed of vehicle braking.

Campaign
05V559000
Manufacturer
QUALITY COACHES INC.
Reported
13 December 2005
Vehicles
2
Built between
May 2005 – Aug 2005
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
23 November 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2005 and August 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2004 Chevrolet Express 2500Built May 2005 to August 2005
  • 2005 Quality Coach SavanaBuilt May 2005 to August 2005

What the defect is

Certain conversion vans built on gmc/chevrolet chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices and associated equipment." the housing lens of the center high mounted stop lamp does not allow enough light to emit from the lamp.

What could happen

Following vehicles may not be fully informed of vehicle braking. Rear-end crashes and injury to occupants may occur.

What gets fixed

QUALITY COACHES IS WORKING WITH AUDIOVOX TO REPLACE THE CENTER HIGH-MOUNTED BRAKE LAMP ASSEMBLY.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2005 to August 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA13 December 2005
  3. Owners notified23 November 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 13 December 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 quality coaches at 1-800-373-6357 or asa at 1-800-274-1886.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
VCCBLCHV
Recalling manufacturer
QUALITY COACHES INC.
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
Recall initiated by
MFR

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

Quality/asa recall no. Vccblchv.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.

Same component

Same brand