CHEVROLET R3500 Recalls
Item Affected: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
Date Announced: 06/03/1991
Description of Recall: THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS ON EACH SIDE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIRTY-NINE SQUARE INCHES OF REFLECTIVE SURFACE, LESS THAN THE FIFTY SQUARE INCHES REQUIRED BY FMVSS 111.
Conequence: REDUCED REFLECTIVE AREA ON OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORSREDUCES THE DRIVER'S APPARENT AREA OF VISIBILITY IN THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THISREDUCED AREA OF VISIBILITY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF VEHICLE COLLISION.
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE THE NON-CONFORMING REAR VIEW MIRRORS.
Notes: SYSTEM: REAR VIEW MIRRORS; FMVSS 111.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT TRUCKS OVER 10,000 POUNDS GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT.
Item Affected: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
Date Announced: 06/03/1991
Description of Recall: THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS ON EACH SIDE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIRTY-NINE SQUARE INCHES OF REFLECTIVE SURFACE, LESS THAN THE FIFTY SQUARE INCHES REQUIRED BY FMVSS 111.
Conequence: REDUCED REFLECTIVE AREA ON OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORSREDUCES THE DRIVER'S APPARENT AREA OF VISIBILITY IN THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THISREDUCED AREA OF VISIBILITY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF VEHICLE COLLISION.
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE THE NON-CONFORMING REAR VIEW MIRRORS.
Notes: SYSTEM: REAR VIEW MIRRORS; FMVSS 111.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT TRUCKS OVER 10,000 POUNDS GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT.
Item Affected: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
Date Announced: 06/03/1991
Description of Recall: THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS ON EACH SIDE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIRTY-NINE SQUARE INCHES OF REFLECTIVE SURFACE, LESS THAN THE FIFTY SQUARE INCHES REQUIRED BY FMVSS 111.
Conequence: REDUCED REFLECTIVE AREA ON OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORSREDUCES THE DRIVER'S APPARENT AREA OF VISIBILITY IN THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THISREDUCED AREA OF VISIBILITY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF VEHICLE COLLISION.
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE THE NON-CONFORMING REAR VIEW MIRRORS.
Notes: SYSTEM: REAR VIEW MIRRORS; FMVSS 111.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT TRUCKS OVER 10,000 POUNDS GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT.
