Exterior lighting: turn signal: flasher unit (Iapco)
Vehicle equipment recall 85E-021. NHTSA received IMPORTED AUTO PARTS CO.’s report on Jun 4, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received IMPORTED AUTO PARTS CO.’s report on Jun 4, 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.
G 950 TURN SIGNAL AND WARNING FLASHERS FAILED TO MEET DURABILITY, CURRENT AND FLASH RATE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 108.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: FAILURE TO PROPERLY SIGNAL DIRECTION 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?
REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE UPON RETURN OF UNITS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT FLASHERS FOR VOLKSWAGENS BUILT SINCE1972, IDENTIFIED AS: III 953227D 12V 2P MAX 6 LAMPS, TAIWAN.SYSTEM: TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD FLASHERS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 5,350 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Iapco IapcoBuilt from Oct 1, 1982 to Feb 1, 1985
Who is recalling it?
- Made by IMPORTED AUTO PARTS CO..
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.