2001 MERCEDES BENZ 129 Recall
- Campaign:
- 09E025000 on 05/10/2009
- Component:
- Exterior lighting:headlights
- Affected:
- 42,540
- Defect:
- Dope, inc. is recalling 42,540 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." these lamps do not contain the required amber side reflectors.
- Consequence:
- Decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash.
- Correction:
- Dope, inc. will notify owners and offer a full refund for the noncompliant combination lamps. the safety recall began on july 28, 2009. owners may contact dope, inc. at 1-626-272-1798.
- Notes:
- This recall only pertains to aftermarket replacement equipment and has no relation to any original equipment installed on vehicles produced by the vehicle manufacturer.in order to determine if your aftermarket lamp assembly is affected by this noncompliance, please review the list of model numbers provided to us by dope, inc.the list can be found under "document search" located at the bottom of your screen. owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .
2001 MERCEDES BENZ 129 TSBs (5)
- Bulletin:
- SSI8270136
- Component:
- 353000 equipment:electrical
- Summary:
- Subject regarding timeport portable telephone programming for 2001 model year vehicles. *tt
- Bulletin:
- SSI8264135
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Subject regarding d2b fiber optic configuration and version coding for model year 2001 vehicles. *tt
- Bulletin:
- 82
- Component:
- 133000 visibility:power window devices and controls
- Summary:
- Subject regarding voice activated cellular telephone / cd changer installation. *tt
- Bulletin:
- PI8264137A
- Component:
- 353400 equipment:electrical:radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Summary:
- Subject regarding voice activated cellular telephone / cd changer installation instructions. *tt
- Bulletin:
- 463040
- Component:
- 015100 steering:hydraulic power assist:pump
- Summary:
- Flow noises from area of power steering pump and/or foaming of power steering oil in reservoir. *tt
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