Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 20V508000

Exterior lighting: tail lights

Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2020-08-27.

Recall campaignNHTSA 20V508000

Exterior lighting: tail lights

Component
Exterior lighting: tail lights
Manufacturer
Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC
Vehicles affected
134
Reported to NHTSA
2020-08-27
Owners notified
2020-10-27

Defect description

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."

Safety risk

The lack of clearance lights and reflectors, may make the vehicle harder to see, increasing the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

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.

Notes

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.

Scope of coverage

21 model years across 4 models.

ModelYears on record
VAC-TRON HTV 373 PTO2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
VAC-TRON HTV 873 PTO2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
VAC-TRON JTV 873 PTO2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.