Recall · 20V508000
Vac-Tron Equipment recalled 4 models over exterior lighting
134
Vehicles covered
4
Models
21
Model years
August 27, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- The defect
- Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC (Vac-Tron) is recalling certain 2016-2020 JTV873PTO, HTV873PTO, HTV573PTO, and HTV373PTO vehicles. These vehicles do not have side clearance lamps, rear clearance lamps, side or rear reflect reflectors. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- The lack of clearance lights and reflectors, may make the vehicle harder to see, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Vac-Tron will notify owners, and dealers will prepare field remedy kits which will include the necessary parts and instructions to resolve this noncompliance issues. These field remedy kits will be provided to authorized Vermeer dealers to install, free of charge. The recall began October 27, 2020. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-352-728-2222. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0011.
- 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-TronHTV 373 PTO | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronHTV 573 PTO | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronHTV 873 PTO | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronJTV 873 PTO | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 134 vehicles this is a small campaign: 66% 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 model years 2015 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
VAC-Tron vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 8 times before this, most recently in June 2020 as 20V368000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V510000 (structure).
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 August 27, 2020 as campaign 20V508000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-08-27.
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