NHTSA campaign 12V426000
Trails West Recall 12V-426: Battery Separator
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V426000 was reported by TRAILS WEST MANUFACTURING OF IDAHO on August 30, 2012, with 34 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Trails West Sierra, Trails West Classic and Trails West Santa FE for model years 2010–2012. Owners were notified on September 18, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V426000 (also written 12V-426 or 12V426)
- Filed by
- TRAILS WEST MANUFACTURING OF IDAHO
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 34 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment — Electrical
- Owners notified
- 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 12V426000. 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.
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V426000.
Defect description
Trails West Manufacturing of Idaho, Inc.(Trails West) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 recreational vehicles 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
Trails West will notify owners, and Sure Power will replace the battery separators free of charge. The safety recall began on September 18, 2012. Owners may contact Trails West Manufacturing of Idaho, Inc. at 1-208-852-2200.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V426000
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.