Exterior lighting (Kmart)
Vehicle equipment recall 90E-026. NHTSA received K-MART’s report on Aug 8, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received K-MART’s report on Aug 8, 1990. 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?
REFLECTORS DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 108.
RED REFLECTORS TESTED DID NOT MEET MINIMUM OF 4.5 CANDLE POWER PER FOOT CANDLE BY AS MUCH AS 92 PERCENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting.
What should you do?
RETURN REFLECTORS TO STORE FOR A FULL REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: REFLECTORS; FMVSS 108;DATE OF MANUFACTURE, DEC. 1989 TO MAR. 1990.K-MART ITEMS: 82-12-91, 82-12-92, 82-21-47, 82-21-44, 82-21-49, 82-21-48, 82-12-98, 82-12-89. THESE ITEMS ARE SOLD WITH THE BLAZER BRAND NAME.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,115,440 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Kmart KmartBuilt from Dec 1, 1989 to Mar 1, 1990
Who is recalling it?
- Made by K-MART.
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.