Exterior lighting: turn signal (Emgo)
Vehicle equipment recall 84E-003. NHTSA received EMGO’s report on Jan 26, 1984.
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The short answer
NHTSA received EMGO’s report on Jan 26, 1984. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
CANDLE POWER OF LAMPS MAY BE INADEQUATE BY AS MUCH AS 40%, THE LENS DOES NOT PRODUCE A GOOD BEAM PATTERN, BULB EYE AT THE CENTER DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH CURVATURE TO FUNCTION AS LENS, AND LIGHT SOCKETS ARE POORLY FORMED.
NON COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: turn signal.
What should you do?
RETURN LAMPS AND LENS FOR REFUND.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: MOTORCYCLES; KAWASAKI MODELS 550, 750 AND 1000, AND HONDAMODELS CB750K AND GL1000.SYSTEM: LIGHTING; EMGO TURN SIGNAL LAMP MODELS ET 441/427/433, AND DIRECTIONALLIGHT, TYPE 727 MODEL ET(60) 441.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: INSUFFICIENT POWER OF LAMPS, ETC., MAY INCREASE THERISK OF COLLISION.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 16,600 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Emgo EmgoNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by EMGO.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.