NHTSA recall 06V394000

What's wrong: Certain vehicles fail to comply with the "vertical gradient" and "headlamp photometric values" requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard no. 108, 'lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.'

Why it matters: 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…

The fix: Dealers will replace the headlamp assemblies. The recall is expected to begin on or about April 16, 2007.