- Vehicles
- 50,000
- Built between
- Jan 1979 – Dec 1979
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 3 January 1984
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 1979 and December 1979. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- SEAL SealBuilt January 1979 to December 1979
What the defect is
Turn signals fail to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard 108, lamps, reflective devices and associated equipment. These turn signals do not meet the durability requirement (200 hours), nor the flash rate requirement (15 secs. On and 15 secs. Off).
What gets fixed
CESSATION OF FURTHER SALES. FULL REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE UPON RETURN OF THE FLASHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECALL NOTICE.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJanuary 1979 to December 1979
- Recall reported to NHTSA3 December 1984
- Owners notified3 January 1984
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 3 December 1984.
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
- SEAL
- 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 category: U.S. Manufactured passenger vehicles with replacement turnsignal flashers, part numbers 550 or 552/536.SYSTEM: lighting.consequences of defect: turn signals can become inoperative after 75 hours ofuse. Malfunction could result in either 1) no signal, or 2) turn signal showingcontinuous signal or, 3) rapid signal rate. Failure of turn flashers canincrease the risk of collision.
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.