Gt Hid Exterior Lighting

Gt Hid is recalling about 4,065 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. Oncoming traffic may experience a higher than normal amount of glare which could affect the driver's vision, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash without warning.

Campaign
07E062000
Manufacturer
PERFORMANCE DEPOT, INC.
Reported
20 August 2007
Vehicles
4,065
Built between
Not published
Models
21
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
30 August 2007
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.

  • Gt Hid 880
  • Gt Hid 881
  • Gt Hid 9004
  • Gt Hid 9004/7
  • Gt Hid 9004L
  • Gt Hid 9005
  • Gt Hid 9006
  • Gt Hid 9007
  • Gt Hid 9007L
  • Gt Hid H1
  • Gt Hid H10
  • Gt Hid H11
  • Gt Hid H13
  • Gt Hid H13L
  • Gt Hid H3
  • Gt Hid H4
  • Gt Hid H4L
  • Gt Hid H4M
  • Gt Hid H7
  • Gt Hid H8
  • Gt Hid H9

What the defect is

Certain aftermarket hid conversion kits sold by performance depot for use on passenger vehicles. The hid conversion kits fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.

What could happen

Oncoming traffic may experience a higher than normal amount of glare which could affect the driver's vision, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash without warning.

What gets fixed

PERFORMANCE DEPOT WILL NOTIFY ITS OWNERS AND OFFER FOR REIMBURSEMENT THE NONCOMPLIANT KITS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 30, 2007.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA20 August 2007
  2. Owners notified30 August 2007

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 20 August 2007.

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 performance depot at 954-467-1227.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
PERFORMANCE DEPOT, 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

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.

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