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NHTSA campaign 12V219000

UNIVERSAL TRAILER CORP. INC. Recall 12V-219: E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V219000 was reported by UNIVERSAL TRAILER CORP. INC. on May 17, 2012, with 2 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Haulmark Livestock and Wells Cargo Livestock for the 2012 model year. Owners were notified on February 10, 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 12V219000 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.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
12V219000 (also written 12V-219 or 12V219)
Filed by
UNIVERSAL TRAILER CORP. INC.
Report received
Potentially affected
2 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 12V219000. 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.

Haulmark

  • Haulmark Livestock

    • 2012 · Vehicles built September 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011 (per NHTSA)
All Haulmark recalls

Wells Cargo

  • Wells Cargo Livestock

    • 2012 · Vehicles built September 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011 (per NHTSA)
All Wells Cargo recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V219000.

Defect description

UNIVERSAL TRAILER CORPORATION (UTC) IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2012 HAULMARK AND ONE MODEL YEAR 2012 WELLS CARGO TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH A DEXTER AXLE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP. THIS PUMP MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR OF SOME CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THIS PUMP 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

UTC WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEXTER AXLE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMPS, FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT UNIVERSAL TRAILER CORPORATION AT 1-574-264-9661.

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 12V219000

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.