| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003249502 | Incident Date: Dec, 09 2003 |
| Consumer's City: NORTH WALES | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: TECHNICAL CHEMICAL CO. |
| Model Name: TECHNICAL | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 10 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I understand that xenon and hid headlights have come under intense scrutiny by other motorist and your organization is investigating there use. the issue with these lights stems not from cars which came with them originally. instead they are coming from after market jobs done by companies, and sometimes by owners. a problem in north new jersey which has reached epidemic levels is the theft of xenon lights from expensive cars. the individuals then sell them on the street, or via the web. (if you dont believe me check www.urbanracer.com you will find people selling stolen xenon lights from audis acuras bmws mercedes) they will sell the lights and the ballasts for a few hundred dollars, while the real value of them is well over one thousand dollars. these lights will end up in cars that are not originally designed or equipped to have them. since its non oem little to no engineering work is done or testing is done to assure these lights are safe in these vehicles. almost all vehicles with xenon lights have leveling systems, which are often centrally located in a vehicle, and which the thiefs never steal. these leveling motors keep the light from blinding other motorists and causing potentially dangerous situations. without the leveling motors the lights will aim incorrectly on roads with any grade to them. i understand some sort of laws now exists banning aftermarket xenons, but they need to go further. for one thing police need to know what cars should have them and which ones should not. the ones that do not, need to be stopped and owners issued citations with fines and be required to remove them in a given period of time and hand them into law enforcement authorities. they need to do this to stop someone from swapping them in and out for a court appearance. inspection stations should also do the same thing and check for xenons in non xenon cars.*ak |
