Equinox Exterior Lighting: Flasher Unit

Equinox is recalling about 27,500 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting.

Campaign
85E004000
Manufacturer
EQUINOX INTERNATIONAL,LTD
Reported
18 January 1985
Vehicles
27,500
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
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.

  • Equinox Equinox

What the defect is

Turn signal indicators (flashers) fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108. The malfunction consists of no signal, continuous signal or rapid signal rate. Consequence of defect: failure to properly signal direction of vehicle to traffic. Could possibly cause and accident.

What gets fixed

FULL REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE MADE UPON RETURN OF THE NEW OR USED TURN SIGNAL.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA18 January 1985

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 18 January 1985.

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
EQUINOX INTERNATIONAL,LTD
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: all passenger cars.system: lighting/signal, flasher, aftermarket part no. E522V.

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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