Exterior lighting (Honda, Mitsubishi and ALFAOTTO and 3 more)
Vehicle equipment recall 06E-038. NHTSA received ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES’s report on May 8, 2006.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES’s report on May 8, 2006. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting.
What should you do?
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 724 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Honda CivicNHTSA gives no dates made
- Honda AccordNHTSA gives no dates made
- Mitsubishi LancerNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto FD99MT-7933HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto HD03AC-10905HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Acura RSXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto HD98AC-0544PJXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto HD96VC-6147HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto AC02RS-12181HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Mazda ProtegeNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto MZ01PG-8491HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto MT02LC-10253HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto HD98AC-2826PJXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Alfaotto HD01CV-11153HLXNHTSA gives no dates made
- Ford MustangNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ALFAOTTO AUTO ACCESSORIES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.