Recall · 21V270000
Vermeer Manufacturing recalled the VERMEER AX19 over structure
286
Vehicles covered
1
Model
7
Model years
April 21, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- The defect
- Vermeer Manufacturing Company (Vermeer) is recalling certain 2015-2021 AX19 brush chipper trailers. A crack may develop in the undercarriage frame and cause the frame to bend.
- What it can cause
- A bent frame may cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- The remedy is still under development. Vermeer issued owners an interim notification letter on May 27, 2021. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 17, 2021. Owners may contact Vermeer customer service at 1-800-829-0051 ext. 7060. Vermeer's number for this recall is IK4078.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VermeerAX19 | 2015 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 286 vehicles this is a small campaign: 56% 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 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Vermeer vehicles have been recalled over the structure 5 times before this, most recently in May 2016 as 16V378000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V085000 (wheels).
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 Vermeer Manufacturing Company with NHTSA on April 21, 2021 as campaign 21V270000. 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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