NHTSA campaign 12V240000
Belmont Trailer Recall 12V-240: E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V240000 was reported by BELMONT MACHINE CO. on May 22, 2012, with 1 vehicle potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Belmont Trailer GN16LD for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on May 31, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V240000 (also written 12V-240 or 12V240)
- Filed by
- BELMONT MACHINE CO.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1 vehicle (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V240000. 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.
Belmont Trailer
Belmont Trailer GN16LD
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V240000.
Defect description
BELMONT MACHINE COMPANY (BELMONT) IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2011 BELMONT GN16LD 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
BELMONT HAS NOTIFIED THE OWNER, AND A DEXTER AXLE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP, FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BELMONT MACHINE COMPANY AT 1-717-556-0040.
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 12V240000
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.