Recall · 20V744000
Vac-Tron Equipment recalled 4 models over structure
38
Vehicles covered
4
Models
15
Model years
December 1, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE
- The defect
- Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC is recalling certain 2016-2020 LP873XDT, 2015-2020 LP873SGT, 2019-2020 LPSGT and LPXDT excavator trailers. The trailers are not equipped with a rear impact guard. As such, these trailers fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 224, "Rear Impact Protection."
- What it can cause
- If a vehicle strikes the rear of the vacuum excavator, the vehicle may travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of injury and/or death.
- What the dealer does
- Vac-Tron will notify owners, and dealers will install a field remedy kit, free of charge. The recall began January 22, 2021. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-877-342-5374. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0016.
- 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-TronLP 873 SGT | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronLP 873 XDT | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronLPSGT | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VAC-TronLPXDT | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 38 vehicles this is a small campaign: 81% 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 structure 4 times before this, most recently in August 2020 as 20V510000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V368000 (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 December 1, 2020 as campaign 20V744000. 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 2020-12-01.
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