NHTSA campaign 12V144000
MO Trailers Recall 12V-144: ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V144000 was reported by MO TRAILERS on April 4, 2012, with 5 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the MO Trailers 39 VS and MO Trailers 41 VS for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on March 26, 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 12V144000 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
- 12V144000 (also written 12V-144 or 12V144)
- Filed by
- MO TRAILERS
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 5 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 12V144000. 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.
MO Trailers
MO Trailers 39 VS
- 2011 · Vehicles built October 3, 2011 – December 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)
MO Trailers 41 VS
- 2011 · Vehicles built October 3, 2011 – December 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V144000.
Defect description
MO TRAILERS CORPORATION (MO TRAILERS) IS RECALLING THREE MODEL YEAR 2011 39 VS AND 41 VS TRAILERS, EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMPS. TWO ADDITIONAL AFFECTED ACTUATORS WERE SOLD AS RETAIL PARTS SALES. 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
MO TRAILER NOTIFIED THE OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED ACTUATORS ON MARCH 26, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MO TRAILER AT 1-574-533-0824.
Notes
OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V144000
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.