NHTSA campaign 12V276000

Delta Recall 12V-276: E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V276000 was reported by DELTA MFG., INC on June 19, 2012, with 2 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Delta 210 GN and Delta 212 GN for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on June 14, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V276000 (also written 12V-276 or 12V276)
Filed by: DELTA MFG., INC
Report received: June 19, 2012
Potentially affected: 2 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: June 14, 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 12V276000. 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.

Delta

Delta 210 GN
- 2011
Delta 212 GN
- 2011

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V276000.

Defect description

DELTA IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2011 210 GN FLATBED TRAILER AND ONE MODEL YEAR 2011 212 GN FLATBED 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

NOTICES WERE MAILED TO OWNERS ON JUNE 12, 2012. DEXTER AXLE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DELTA AT 1-870-523-8941.

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 12V276000

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.