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NHTSA Campaign 20V508000

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

Issued by Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC · Reported Aug 27, 2020 · 134 vehicles affected

What's wrong

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."

Consequence

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

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.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
VAC-TRON HTV 373 PTO 2016 134
VAC-TRON HTV 373 PTO 2017 134
VAC-TRON HTV 373 PTO 2018 134
VAC-TRON HTV 373 PTO 2019 134
VAC-TRON HTV 373 PTO 2020 134
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO 2015 134
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO 2016 134
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO 2017 134
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO 2018 134
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO 2019 134
VAC-TRON HTV 573 PTO 2020 134
VAC-TRON HTV 873 PTO 2016 134
VAC-TRON HTV 873 PTO 2017 134
VAC-TRON HTV 873 PTO 2018 134
VAC-TRON HTV 873 PTO 2019 134
VAC-TRON HTV 873 PTO 2020 134
VAC-TRON JTV 873 PTO 2016 134
VAC-TRON JTV 873 PTO 2017 134
VAC-TRON JTV 873 PTO 2018 134
VAC-TRON JTV 873 PTO 2019 134
VAC-TRON JTV 873 PTO 2020 134

Source: NHTSA Campaign 20V508000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.