{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Whelen recall 18E063: Whelen Brake Light",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e063/",
  "summary": "Recall 18E063 (Whelen): If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Whelen Brake Light, model year 9999. Filed by Whelen Engineering Co Inc and reported to NHTSA on 26 July 2018. 16,342 vehicles potentially affected. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.” 18E063 Whelen Engineering Co Inc Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights 26 July 2018 9999-9999 WHELEN BRAKE LIGHT If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash. Whelen will notify owners, and will replace the brake lights, free of charge. The recall began on August 29, 2018. Owners may contact Whelen customer service at 1-860-718-2331. This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass. This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting . Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days. Last checked 15 September 2026 . No change has been recorded in the wording. Quoting the wordi",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T20:13:20+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-15T11:16:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Whelen recall 18E063: Whelen Brake Light\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e063/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}