- Vehicles
- 10,000
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- 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.
- Precision RAS 200
What the defect is
Equipment description: remote car starter. The installation instructions contain omissions or methods of installation can cause software reactions which can result in the starter acting improperly.
What could happen
As a result, the consequences are the parking lights stay on, the door locks may lock and unlock randomly, the vehicle may not start, the vehicle may not shut off with the remote starter, the vehicle may start randomly or the unit may lock up and the vehicle will not respond to the remote unit.
What gets fixed
PRECISION ENGINEERING/DAVID LEVY COMPANY WILL HAVE THE UNIT REMOVED AND REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. ALTERNATIVELY, THE CUSTOMER CAN TAKE THE RAS UNIT TO THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, HAVE THE UNIT REMOVED, AND A REPLACEMENT UNIT MANUFACTURED BY ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER INSTALLED WITH FULL CREDIT GIVEN TO THEM FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE RAS 200 UNIT, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION CHARGES.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA25 February 1999
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 25 February 1999.
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
- PRECISION ENGINEERING
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
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
Owner notification is expected to begin during march 1999. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact precision engineering at 1-818-767-8590 or david levy company at 1-562-404-9998.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
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.