The defect
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."
The risk
The lack of clearance lights and reflectors, may make the vehicle harder to see, increasing the risk of a crash.
The 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.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| VAC-Tron HTV 373 PTO | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 873 PTO | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| VAC-Tron JTV 873 PTO | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS | EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAC-Tron HTV 373 PTO | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 373 PTO | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 373 PTO | 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 373 PTO | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 373 PTO | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 573 PTO | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 873 PTO | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 873 PTO | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 873 PTO | 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 873 PTO | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron HTV 873 PTO | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron JTV 873 PTO | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron JTV 873 PTO | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron JTV 873 PTO | 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron JTV 873 PTO | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| VAC-Tron JTV 873 PTO | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
Other exterior lighting recalls in 2020
37 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the exterior lighting; Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC filed 15 campaigns in all.
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| 20V698000 12 Nov 2020 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 20V609000 30 Sept 2020 | Tesla, Inc. |
| 20V612000 30 Sept 2020 | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| 20V584000 24 Sept 2020 | Navistar, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020