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https://leftlanenews.com/volkswagen/vw-recalls-660-000-cars--suvs-to-remedy-headlight-issue/
https://www.consumerreports.org/car...-over-vehicles-for-headlight-alignment-issue/
VW is recalling 160,000 vehicles because their headlamps can be aimed horizontally. They are missing a cap that prevents a person from accessing the adjustment screws and misaiming the lamps horizontally. NHTSA does not want anyone to tamper with horizontal aim.
But having vertical aim that is misaligned straight from the factory floor is OK with NHTSA (but not with IIHS).
As D. Stern writes over at drivingvisonnews:
https://www.consumerreports.org/car...-over-vehicles-for-headlight-alignment-issue/
VW is recalling 160,000 vehicles because their headlamps can be aimed horizontally. They are missing a cap that prevents a person from accessing the adjustment screws and misaiming the lamps horizontally. NHTSA does not want anyone to tamper with horizontal aim.
But having vertical aim that is misaligned straight from the factory floor is OK with NHTSA (but not with IIHS).
As D. Stern writes over at drivingvisonnews:
In the mean time, we have the mind-bending situation that in the world's № 2 auto market, the presence of a demonstrably needed safety provision is considered an illegal "safety defect".