Exterior lighting: turn signal: flasher unit (Victor)
Vehicle equipment recall 85E-008. NHTSA received VICTOR AUTOM. PROD., INC.’s report on Jan 1, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received VICTOR AUTOM. PROD., INC.’s report on Jan 1, 1985. 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.
THE FLASHERS DO NOT COMPLY WITH FLASH RATE, STARTING TIME OR DURABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 108.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: FAILURE TO PROPERLY SIGNAL DIRECTION OR WARNING HAZARD OF VEHICLE TO TRAFFIC.
THIS COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: turn signal: flasher unit.
What should you do?
FULL REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE FOR ALL RETURNED FLASHERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CARS AND TRUCKS ALL MODEL YEARSSYSTEM: AL/TURN SIGNAL AND WARNING FLASHERS , VICTOR 552.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 50,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Victor VictorBuilt from Jan 1, 1983 to Jan 1, 1985
Who is recalling it?
- Made by VICTOR AUTOM. PROD., INC..
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.