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Recall 06V394000: Headlamp Non-Compliance

MAKE/MODELS: MODEL/BUILD YEARS:

Infiniti/G35 Coupe 2006-2007

MANUFACTURER: Nissan North America, Inc.

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V394000 MFG'S REPORT DATE: October 09, 2006

COMPONENT: Exterior Lighting: Headlights

POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED: 23934

SUMMARY:
Certain vehicles fail to comply with the vertical gradient headlamp photometric values requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

CONSEQUENCE:
This standard is to reduce crashes, injuries and deaths by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and by enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.

REMEDY:
Dealers will replace the headlamp assemblies. The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule for this campaign. Owners may contact Infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.

NOTES:
Customers can 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.