This is probably why we can no longer buy them.

They don't have an amber reflector on the corner. Geez, the white reflector is good enough. I wonder what the compliant replacement lamps are, stock amber ones.

I don't know why all those are recalled, but all the other hideous lights which don't have amber reflectors are not.

EAGLE EYES FR110-U00W2 Recall ID:18042 - Vehicle Safety Recall Information for EAGLE EYES FR110-U00W2

EAGLE EYES FR110-U00W2 Recall - Recall ID 88309



NHTSA Campaign Number: 08E053000
Vehicle/Equipment Make: EAGLE EYES
Vehicle/Eqipment Model: FR110-U00W2
Model Year: n/a
Mfg Campaign Number:
Mfg Component Desc: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Mfg Involved in Recall: EAGLE EYES TRAFFIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD
Manufacture Dates:
Type of Report: (E) Vehicle
Potential # of Units Affected: 404,546
Date Owner Notified by Mfg:
Recall Initiated By: OVSC
Mfg Responsible for Recall: EAGLE EYES TRAFFIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD
Report Recieved Date: 08-19-08
Record Creation Date: 08-25-08
Regulation Part Number: 571
FMVSS Number: 108
Defect Summary: EAGLE EYES IS RECALLING 404,546 HEADLAMP 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 HEADLAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.
Consequence Summary: DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Corrective Summary: EAGLE EYES WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER CONPLIANT REPLACEMENT HEADLAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT EAGLE EYES AT 1-800-568-1098.

 

Then why I keep seeing the chevy guys swapping out their amber lights for clears?

-Wes

 

Once again bureaucracy raises its lovely head. Most likely, someone somewhere had a set in a truck and got in an accident, the accident report noted that the truck had aftermarket lights on it and some lawyer spotted that and said "Hey, I can sue the light manufacturer for a couple million for this being a non-compliant light!!" which also results in the NHSTA being notified of non compliance on the part, and the rest is history. Of course in the process, the real reason for the accident is ignored... whether it being someone didn't have their lights on when they should have, or were driving with burnt out bulbs, or the truck or car just pulled out without looking (in which case 'reflectivity' would have been useless anyways!)

Thats also the reason the clear non-grid ones will eventually be taken off the market, as they have no amber reflectivity either. It's also the reason you can't find a stock style tailight that is clear/white instead of red.

People like that who do stupid stuff and then want to sue/blame it on others remind me of a friend of mines father who used to say "If you need a lawyer and a warning label to tell you not to take a toaster into the bathtub, then maybe you should take a toaster into the bathub!"

 

Well said WARD

 

def well put....bastar#$

 

That's the truth!!!

 

Who the heck would even want to buy that chinese made crap. I bet most of that aftermarket stuff doesn't meet DOT regs.

 

I think alot of people need to follow this suggestion. I don't know why so many people want to find a reason to take legal action on everything.

 

I like the clear parking lights. Mine are made in Taiwan not China. So thats a tad better. Alot of the parts we get are not made here. It doesn't take alot to meet DOT regs so, I don't think there is big any problem with that. Where its produced has little effect on whether or not it meets DOT requirements. The stock OE style aftermarket lights meet DOT regs. As for the custom type ones, I doubt any of them do. Basically its not where its made, its how its made.

I agree though, that I would much rather have stuff that is made here. I wish that there weren't so many things made in China.

 

And that is the point of the recall

 

Someone suggested taking all the warning stickers off of everything
in the hopes that it would improve the gene pool.

and changing the requirement from showing ID to showing an IQ card
when buying tools and other 'dangerous' things.

Someone stuck their hand UNDER my neighbors riding mower while it was running..lifted the shield covering the blades and stuck their hand under there.

I'M being sued for 1/2 mil because it happened on a corner of MY property 1,000 yards away.

 

Too bad that guy didn't stick his head under the mower. It would have solved part of the problem.

 

I for one would like to see a lot more of this non compliant crap removed from the market place. It has zero place on a road. At night, I am looking for Amber lights / reflectors to place the front of the vehicle and Red lights / reflectors to place the rear end of the vehicle.

Anything else at night on a dark road just confuses the issue, and frankly since we all have to follow the same rules, what gives me, or anyone else the right to disregard basic safety lighting?

BTW - clear lights can be made compliant, so I not against them in paticular, just all non DOT compliant stuff when used on the road.

And I will add, this is nothing new, the Amber and Red lights and reflector standards have been in place for over 40 years!

My two cents, David

 

Something about you can't fix stupid comes to mind.... what is it about rotating sharp blades that makes people want to stick body parts in there?

David

 

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