Alfaotto Auto Accessories: Exterior Lighting
Alfaotto Auto Accessories reported this defect to federal regulators on May 8, 2006 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 724. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
CERTAIN ALFAOTTO COMBINATION HEADLAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
The risk
WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
The remedy
ALFAOTTO WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE HEADLAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ALFAOTTO AT 626-656-2992 OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.ALFAOTTO.COM.
25 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Honda Accord | 656 | 24 | 11 | 92 |
| 2004 Acura RSX | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2004 Honda Accord | 1,018 | 22 | 14 | 90 |
| 2003 Acura RSX | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 Honda Accord | 1,987 | 24 | 18 | 153 |
| 2003 Honda Civic | 499 | 24 | 5 | 90 |
| 2003 Mazda Protege | 120 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer | 199 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 2002 Acura RSX | 76 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 2002 Honda Accord | 1,050 | 16 | 10 | 129 |
| 2002 Honda Civic | 702 | 24 | 14 | 112 |
| 2002 Mazda Protege | 98 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer | 148 | 4 | 1 | 32 |
| 2001 Ford Mustang | 173 | 8 | 2 | 37 |
| 2001 Honda Accord | 922 | 19 | 3 | 143 |
| 2001 Honda Civic | 1,079 | 27 | 15 | 147 |
| 2001 Mazda Protege | 50 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2000 Ford Mustang | 311 | 9 | 9 | 56 |
| 2000 Honda Accord | 1,183 | 21 | 8 | 100 |
| 1999 Ford Mustang | 213 | 10 | 2 | 50 |
| 1999 Honda Accord | 1,135 | 17 | 5 | 77 |
| 1998 Honda Accord | 1,200 | 19 | 3 | 100 |
| 1998 Honda Civic | 435 | 18 | 3 | 81 |
| 1997 Honda Civic | 373 | 16 | 2 | 67 |
| 1996 Honda Civic | 305 | 17 | 4 | 67 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 06E038000.
Full record for the 2005 Honda Accord → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →