MG Exterior Lighting: Headlights

Mg is recalling about 28,000 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting.

Campaign
72V208000
Manufacturer
JAGUAR CARS
Reported
23 August 1972
Vehicles
28,000
Built between
Aug 1971 – Jul 1972
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
12 September 1972
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 1971 and July 1972. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1972 MG MidgetBuilt August 1971 to July 1972
  • 1972 MGB RoadsterBuilt August 1971 to July 1972

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 1971 to July 1972
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 August 1972
  3. Owners notified12 September 1972

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 23 August 1972.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
JAGUAR CARS
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

Campaign no B149.POSSIBILITY that vehicles involved may fail to meet the 24"MINIMUM headlamp height requirement of federal motor vehicle safety STANDARDNO.108.(CORRECT by inspecting and modifying where necessary to meetstandard requirements.)

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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