The defect
Halcore Group, Inc. (Halcore) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 American Emergency Vehicles (AEV) Trauma Hawk emergency vehicles manufactured from December 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a back up camera system which may display images from the camera in reverse.
The risk
If an object or person are on the left side of the screen but are actually on the right side of the vehicle, or vice versa, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Halcore will notify owners, and dealers will work with ASA Electronics to replace any camera that is not displaying the correct images. The recall began on September 11, 2015. Owners may contact AEV customer service at 1-800-374-9749 or ASA customer service at 1-877-384-4400. Halcore's number for this recall is 15E050.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| AEV Traumahawk | 2014, 2015 |
Components: BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEV Traumahawk | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| AEV Traumahawk | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
Other back over prevention recalls in 2015
5 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the back over prevention; Halcore Group, Inc. filed 29 campaigns in all.
| 15V526000 18 Aug 2015 | Turtle Top |
| 15V488000 5 Aug 2015 | Ameritrans Bus, Inc. |
| 15V478000 30 Jul 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V247000 27 Apr 2015 | Spartan Motors, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015