Recall · 20V368000
Vac-Tron Equipment recalled 7 models over exterior lighting
100
Vehicles covered
7
Models
7
Model years
June 24, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- The defect
- Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC (Vac-Tron), is recalling certain 2020 CVGTLC, CVSGT, CVGT, LPSGT, LPXDT, MINICOMBO and LPSDT Vacuum Excavator trailers. The trailers may be missing rear and rear-side reflex reflectors. As such, these trailers fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- Without the proper reflective equipment, the vacuum excavator trailer may have reduced visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Vac-Tron will notify owners, and Vermeer dealers will install remedy kits provided by Vac-Tron, free of charge. Vac-Tron issued owners an interim notification on August 18, 2020. The recall began August 18, 2020. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-888-822-8766. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0010.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| VAC-TronCVGT | 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronCVGTLC | 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronCVSGT | 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronLPSDT | 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronLPSGT | 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronLPXDT | 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronMinicombo | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 100 vehicles this is a small campaign: 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2020, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
VAC-Tron vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 7 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V290000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 20V744000 (structure), 20V206000 (structure), 20V201000 (exterior lighting), 20V059000 (exterior lighting).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC with NHTSA on June 24, 2020 as campaign 20V368000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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