2010 Wheego Whip LSV recall: lights
⚠️ What's wrong
Wheego is recalling certain model year 2010 wheego Whip LSV low-speed vehicles manufactured from january 1 through july 31, 2009. The reflex reflectors on the side and the rear of the vehicle may not have sufficient reflective quality and therefore fail to meet the minimum requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard 500, "low-speed vehicles."
💥 The risk
Insufficient exterior reflective light could result in a vehicle crash.
🔧 The fix
Wheego will send instructions and 4 compliant reflex reflectors to all dealers and owners free of charge for adhesion to the affected vehicles. The safety recall began on july 21, 2010. Owners may contact wheego at 1-678-904-4795.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 10V320000
- Manufacturer recall #
- P573-0710
- Manufacturer
- WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 308
- Component
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jul 21, 2010
- Built
- Jan 1, 2009 – Jul 31, 2009
- Recall started by
- OVSC
- Notes
- Wheego's recall campaign number is P573-0710.owners may also 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 .