Luminator Interior Lighting

Luminator is recalling about 18,620 vehicles over a problem with the interior lighting. A short could occur causing the sign to possibly smoke and catch fire.

Campaign
09E054000
Manufacturer
LUMINATOR HOLDING, LP
Reported
21 September 2009
Vehicles
18,620
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
16 September 2009
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.

  • Luminator Horizon LED

What the defect is

Luminator holding lp is recalling certain horizon LED side destination signsp/nos. 506746(-001), (-002), (-004), 510544, 510565, and 510545, sold and installed as original equipment on various transit buses. The connector board can corrode due to an accumulation of moisture under the connector.

What could happen

A short could occur causing the sign to possibly smoke and catch fire.

What gets fixed

LUMINATOR IS WORKING WITH THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURES TO IDENTIFY OTHER BUSES THAT MAY CONTAIN THE DEFECT. THE AFFECTED BUSES WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2009.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA21 September 2009
  2. Owners notified16 September 2009

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 21 September 2009.

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 their vehicle manufacturer or luminator at 1-972-516-3033.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
17744
Recalling manufacturer
LUMINATOR HOLDING, LP
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

Luminator's recall campaign number cage code 17744.OWNERS 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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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