Recall · 20V510000
Vac-Tron Equipment recalled 4 models over structure
140
Vehicles covered
4
Models
23
Model years
August 27, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE
- The defect
- Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC (Vac-Tron) is recalling certain 2015-2020 HTV573PTO, 2016-2020 HTV373PTO, HTV873PTO, JTV873PTO, and 2021-2022 HTV873PTO vehicles. These vehicles have a rear extremity that extends more than 24 inches behind the rear impact guard.
- What it can cause
- A vehicle crashing into the back of the truck could travel under the rear of the truck, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Vac-Tron will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit to prevent vehicles from going under the truck in a crash. The kits and installation will be free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 5, 2022. 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 2022 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronJTV 873 PTO | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 140 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 2022, 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 structure 3 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V293000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V508000 (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 August 27, 2020 as campaign 20V510000. 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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