NHTSA campaign 12V220000

CAM Recall 12V-220: E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V220000 was reported by CAM SUPERLINE, INC on May 15, 2012, with 2 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the CAM 6CAM18C and CAM 7CAM19STT for the 2012 model year. Owners were notified on May 1, 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 12V220000 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: 12V220000 (also written 12V-220 or 12V220)
Filed by: CAM SUPERLINE, INC
Report received: May 15, 2012
Potentially affected: 2 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: May 1, 2012
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 12V220000. 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.

CAM

CAM 6CAM18C
- 2012
CAM 7CAM19STT
- 2012

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V220000.

Defect description

CAM SUPERLINE IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2012 6CAM18C TRAILER AND ONE MODEL YEAR 2012 7CAM19STT TRAILER EACH 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

CAM SUPERLINE HAS NOTIFIED ALL OWNERS, AND DEXTER HAS REPLACED THE ACTUATORS, FREE OF CHARGE, THEREFORE, AN OWNER NOTIFICATION NOTICE WILL NOT BE ISSUED FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CAM SUPERLINE, INC. AT 1-717-749-3369.

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 12V220000

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.