Recall · 21V626000
Cottrell recalled the COTTRELL 1-CAR over exterior lighting
878
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
August 10, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- The defect
- Cottrell, Inc. (Cottrell) is recalling certain 2018-2021 1-Car Carrier trailers. These trailers were manufactured without side and rear reflex reflectors. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- Without the proper reflective equipment, the trailers may have reduced visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Cottrell will provide 4 reflex reflectors and installation instructions to owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on August 11, 2021. Owners may contact Cottrell's customer service at 1-770-532-7251. Cottrell's number for this recall is 2021 1-Car Reflector.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Cottrell1-CAR | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 878 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 57% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Cottrell vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 2 times before this, most recently in October 2019 as 19V771000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Cottrell, Inc. with NHTSA on August 10, 2021 as campaign 21V626000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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