| NHTSA Campaign Number: |
80V161000 |
| Vehicle/Equipment Make: |
AMERICAN MOPEDS |
| Vehicle/Equipment Model: |
CALIFFO |
| Model Year: |
1978 |
| Manufacturer Campaign Number: |
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| Manufacturer Component Description: |
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES |
| Manufacturers Involved in Recall: |
AMERICAN MOPEDS, INC. |
| Manufacturered: |
19780201 - 19801101 |
| Type of Report: |
V (Vehicle, Equipment or Tire) |
| Potential Number of Units Affected: |
2502 |
| Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: |
19801121 |
| Recall Initiated By: |
19801121 |
| Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: |
AMERICAN MOPEDS, INC. |
| Report Received Date: |
19801208 |
| Record Creation Date: |
19810113 |
| Regulation Part Number: |
571 |
| Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: |
111 |
| Defect Summary: |
THE REARVIEW MIRROR OF THE INVOLVED MOPEDS HAS ONLY 11.6 SQUARE INCHES OF REFLECTIVE SURFACE AND THEREFORE DOES NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 111, "REARVIEW MIRRORS", WHICH REQUIRES 12.6 INCHES OF REFLECTIVE SURFACE. |
| Consequence Summary: |
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| Corrective Summary: |
DEALER WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ALL INVOLVED MIRRORS WITH MIRRORS OF THE CORRECT SIZE AT NO CHARGE. THE NEW MIRRORS WILL BE 14.5 SQUARE INCHES. |