NHTSA campaign 12V420000

NBC TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC Recall 12V-420: BATTERY SEPARATOR

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V420000 was reported by NBC TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC on August 28, 2012, with 32 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Dodge Dakota, Mitsubishi FE180 and NBC Truck Equipment Chevy C3500 for model years 2007–2008, 2010–2011. Owners were notified on November 26, 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 12V420000 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: 12V420000 (also written 12V-420 or 12V420)
Filed by: NBC TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC
Report received: August 28, 2012
Potentially affected: 32 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment — Electrical
Owners notified: November 26, 2012
NHTSA investigation: Equipment Query EQ12-001 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V420000. 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.

Dodge

Dodge Dakota
- 2010, 2011 · Vehicles built May 11, 2010 – July 8, 2011 (per NHTSA)

All Dodge recalls

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi FE180
- 2008 · Vehicles built October 27, 2009 – November 2, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Mitsubishi recalls

NBC Truck Equipment

NBC Truck Equipment Chevy C3500
- 2007 · Vehicles built December 28, 2009 – December 31, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All NBC Truck Equipment recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V420000.

Defect description

NBC Truck Equipment, Inc. (NBC) is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 and model year 2010-2011 trucks equipped with Sure Power battery separator devices, due to overheating.

Safety consequence

Overheating of the battery separator can result in smoke and possible fire.

Manufacturer remedy

NBC will notify owners, and Sure Power will replace the battery separators free of charge. The safety recall began November 26, 2012. Owners may contact NBC Truck Equipment, Inc. at 1-586-774-4900.

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 12V420000

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.