Vactor Manufacturing: Equipment › Appliance › Electric Water Heater
Vactor Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 28, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 106. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Vactor Manufacturing Inc. (Vactor) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 HXX-Fan, 2010-2014 HXX-Prodigy, and 2012-2014 HXX-PD and Guzzler Guzzcavator vacuum excavation trucks. In the affected vehicles, the water heater and/or cabinet that is mounted to the subframe chassis may come loose due to incorrect fasteners being used to mount the water heater.
The risk
If the water heater comes loose and falls off the chassis while the vehicle is being driven, the heater may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Vactor will notify owners, and dealers will correct the mounting hardware, free of charge. The recall began on May 20, 2014. Owners may contact Vactor at 1-847-622-7069. Vactor's number for this recall is SB-268.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Guzzler Guzzcavator | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Vactor HXX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Guzzler Guzzcavator | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Vactor HXX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Guzzler Guzzcavator | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Vactor HXX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Vactor HXX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Vactor HXX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V159000.
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