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NHTSA campaign 12V562000

Phenix Enterprises, Inc. Recall 12V-562: Battery Separator may Overheat

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V562000 was reported by Phenix Enterprises, Inc. on December 3, 2012, with 42 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Ford F-650, Freightliner M2112 FLR-CNG and Isuzu NQR for model years 2009, 2011. Owners were notified on February 27, 2013, 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 12V562000 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
12V562000 (also written 12V-562 or 12V562)
Filed by
Phenix Enterprises, Inc.
Report received
Potentially affected
42 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 12V562000. 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.

Ford

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Freightliner

  • Freightliner M2112 FLR-CNG

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Isuzu

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V562000.

Defect description

Phenix Enterprises, Inc. (Phenix) is recalling certain model year 2009 and 2011 trucks manufactured from July 22, 2008, through December 16, 2011, equipped with a Sure Power battery separator, part number 16511893 (model 1314). Suspect vehicles, in their as-built configuration, had a Sure Power battery separator installed on the inboard side of the curb side rail. These battery separators may overheat.

Safety consequence

If the battery separator overheats it can result in smoke and possibly a fire.

Manufacturer remedy

Phenix will notify owners and replace the battery separator free of charge. Owners may contact Phenix at 1-800-736-9790.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 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 12V562000

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.