Riteon Exterior Lighting

Riteon is recalling about 180 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting.

Campaign
77V034000
Manufacturer
RITE-ON TRAILERS, INCORPO
Reported
10 March 1977
Vehicles
180
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
Not yet
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.

  • 1974-1976 Riteon Riteon

What the defect is

The involved vehicles were not equipped with rear side reflectors, rear side marker lamps, front and rear clearance lamps and rear identification lamps. This constitutes a non-compliance to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment".

What gets fixed

THE NECESSARY LAMPS WILL BE INSTALLED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARD, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA10 March 1977

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

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 10 March 1977.

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
RITE-ON TRAILERS, INCORPO
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

Vehicle description: boat trailers.system: lighting and communications; rear side reflectors, lamps.consequences of defect: omission of reflectors and lamps presents a safetyhazard and could result in an accident.

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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