The defect
VEHICLE DOES NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 111, "REAR VIEW MIRRORS". AN OUTSIDE CROSS-VIEW MIRROR WAS NOT INSTALLED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE.
The remedy
DEALER WILL INSTALL A CROSS-VIEW MIRROR AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|
Components: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
Other visibility recalls in 1980
12 of the 167 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1980 concerned the visibility; SHELLER-GLOBE CORPORATION filed 33 campaigns in all.
| 80V166000 11 Dec 1980 | CASAL MOTOR CORP.,USA |
| 80V163000 10 Dec 1980 | DERBI MOTOR CORP. AMERICA |
| 80V161000 8 Dec 1980 | AMERICAN MOPEDS, INC. |
| 80V109000 20 Aug 1980 | INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER |
| 80V100000 28 Jul 1980 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 80V091000 17 Jul 1980 | FIAT MOTORS OF N.A., INC. |
| 80V080000 25 Jun 1980 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 80V077000 19 Jun 1980 | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1980