Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › electrical. It has been recalled 1 time.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment › Electrical | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Defect. SOCKET FOR THE REAR STOP/TAIL/TURN LAMP IS STAKED INTO THE ASSEMBLY 180 DEGREES OUT OF POSITION.
Risk. LAMPS FAIL THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE READING ABOVEHORIZONTAL FOR TAIL LAMP FUNCTION AS SPECIFIED.
Remedy. REPLACE DEFECTIVE TAIL LAMPS. MODELS 016519-05 AND 0016535-05
I PURCHASED A SET OF LED TRAILER LIGHTS FROM WEST MARINE IN CALIFORNIA. THE FIRST TIME I USED THE TRAILER I FOUND THAT ONE TRAILER LIGHT FAILED WITHIN 200 MILES, AND THE SECOND FAILED WITHIN A FEW MORE. MY FISHING BUDDY CALLED ME ON MY CELL PHONE TOLD ME THE LIGHTS WERE OUT. I RETURNED THEM TO THE STORE AND GOT A REPLACEMENT SET WHICH ALSO FAILED PROMPTLY. I THEN WENT TO THE COMPANIES WEB SITE AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE OVER 50 REVIEWS ONLINE OF THE PRODUCT I BOUGHT AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAD THE SAME CONCERN. THE MOST CONCERNING THING WAS THAT THE REVIEWS WENT BACK TO 2004, SHOWING THAT THE COMPANY KNEW THAT THESE LIGHTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND DID NOTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK HAD SOMEONE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING ME, MY TRAILER (8'6" WIDE 32' LONG) WOULD HAVE BEEN INVISIBLE IN THE DARK NIGHT. I WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH AND BEING PASSED AT 70+. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY BAD CRASH DUE TO THIS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED ASAP OR SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY HURT. IF YOU GO TO WWW.WESTMARINE.COM AND SEARCH FOR LED TRAILER LIGHTS IN THE SEARCH BAR, THEN CLICK ON THE PAGES , AND THEN CLICK ON THE STAR RATINGS AND YOU WILL FIND THESE REPORTS. ONE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE LIGHT CAUGHT ON FIRE.
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.
Most recent recall on file: Jun 14, 1991. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.