NHTSA campaign 12V410000

Kaufman Recall 12V-410: Wheel End Bearing Failure

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V410000 was reported by Kaufman Trailers on August 21, 2012, with 302 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Kaufman Flatbed for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on September 14, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V410000 (also written 12V-410 or 12V410)
Filed by: Kaufman Trailers
Report received: August 21, 2012
Potentially affected: 302 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Suspension — Rear — Axle — Non-Powered Axle Assembly
Owners notified: September 14, 2012
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE12-014 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Repair completion: 42.05% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated October 23, 2026)

NHTSA cautions against comparing completion rates across recalls or manufacturers. How try.vin reads them.

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V410000. 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.

Kaufman

Kaufman Flatbed
- 2011

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V410000.

Defect description

Kaufman Trailers of NC, Inc. and Kaufman Trailers of NE, Inc. (Kaufman) is recalling certain model year 2011 flatbed trailers equipped with 10,000 lb. electrically-braked, oil bath axles. The wheel end caps on the oil bath axles can leak due to a cracked cap or a damaged O-ring.

Safety consequence

The oil may leak out of the wheel end caps and if the condition is not corrected, the loss of oil could result in unexpected wheel bearing failure which may increase the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Kaufman will notify owners and will replace the affected wheel end caps and o-rings free of charge. The recall began on September 14, 2012. Owners may contact Kaufman Trailers at 1-866-444-8971.

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 www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V410000

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.