Sun Valley Exterior Lighting

Sun Valley is recalling about 83 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting.

Campaign
99V260000
Manufacturer
SUN VALLEY CAR CARRIERS INC.
Reported
20 September 1999
Vehicles
83
Built between
Jan 1998 – Dec 1998
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
12 December 1998
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 1998 and December 1998. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1998 Sun Valley TrailerBuilt January 1998 to December 1998

What the defect is

Vehicle description: 6-7 car trailers. The right and left front corner lights and rear lights are too low.

What gets fixed

DEALERS HAS RAISED THE SUSPENSION SO THE LIGHTS WILL BE UP HIGHER AND BOLTED ON TWO LIGHTS TO THESE TRAILERS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 1998 to December 1998
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 September 1999
  3. Owners notified12 December 1998

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 20 September 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
SUN VALLEY CAR CARRIERS INC.
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

Owner notification began december 12, 1998. 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 sun valley at 602-252-9224. 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.

Same component

Same brand