NHTSA campaign 12V116000
4-Star Trailers Recall 12V-116: E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V116000 was reported by 4-STAR TRAILERS, INC on March 22, 2012, with 3 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the 4-Star Trailers 4-Horse Bumper Pull, 4-Star Trailers 4-HORSE L.Q. and 4-Star Trailers Polo Trailer for the 2012 model year. Owners were notified on April 13, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 12V116000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V116000 (also written 12V-116 or 12V116)
- Filed by
- 4-STAR TRAILERS, INC
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 3 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ12-003 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V116000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
4-Star Trailers
4-Star Trailers 4-Horse Bumper Pull
- 2012 · Vehicles built December 15, 2011 – December 15, 2011 (per NHTSA)
4-Star Trailers 4-HORSE L.Q.
- 2012 · Vehicles built November 20, 2011 – November 20, 2011 (per NHTSA)
4-Star Trailers Polo Trailer
- 2012 · Vehicles built November 10, 2011 – November 10, 2011 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V116000.
Defect description
4-STAR TRAILER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 4-HORSE L.Q., 4-HORSE BUMPER PULL AND POLO TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMPS. SOME OF THESE PUMPS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR OF SOME CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THESE PUMPS WHICH CAN RENDER THE UNIT INOPERABLE.
Safety consequence
THE E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR PROVIDES BRAKING POWER TO THE TRAILER BRAKES. FAILURE OF THE ACTUATOR CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING EFFORT BY THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
4-STAR TRAILERS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACTUATORS, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 13, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT 4-STAR TRAILERS AT 1-800-848-3095 X140.
Notes
CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V116000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.