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Royal Cargo Trailers Incorporated this pump may not have been properly heat treated.

NHTSA campaign 12V-229 · Reported May 15, 2012 · 1 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Royal Cargo Trailers Incorporated
VEHICLES AFFECTED
1
REMEDY
ROYAL CARGO WILL NOTIFY THE OWNER, AND A DEXTER AXLE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP, FREE OF CHARGE.
COST
Free

The short version

ROYAL CARGO TRAILERS INCORPORATED reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

ROYAL CARGO TRAILERS (ROYAL CARGO) IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2012 AMTTGN 8.5X38TR70 TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH A DEXTER AXLE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP. THIS PUMP MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY HEAT TREATED.

WHY IT MATTERS

THE E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR PROVIDES BRAKING POWER TO THE TRAILER BRAKES. FAILURE OF THE ACTUATOR CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING EFFORT BY THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

WHAT TO DO

ROYAL CARGO WILL NOTIFY THE OWNER, AND A DEXTER AXLE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP, FREE OF CHARGE.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 12V-229.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 12V-229

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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