Bluepoint Battery Maintainer Eebm10, Charge It Battery Maintainer 4410, Charge It Battery Maintainer 4420, model year 9999. Filed by Clore Automotive, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 16 February 2012. 6,763 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Clore automotive, inc (clore) is recalling certain charge it and bluepoint (snap-on) battery maintainers, part numbers 4410, 4420, and eebm100. mechanical damage to a capacitor could result in decreased resistance between the positive and negative leads which may lead to a short circuit.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12E005 cover?
- Bluepoint Battery Maintainer Eebm10, Charge It Battery Maintainer 4410, Charge It Battery Maintainer 4420.
- What is wrong with them?
- CLORE AUTOMOTIVE, INC (CLORE) IS RECALLING CERTAIN CHARGE IT AND BLUEPOINT (SNAP-ON) BATTERY MAINTAINERS, PART NUMBERS 4410, 4420, AND EEBM100. MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO A CAPACITOR COULD RESULT IN DECREASED RESISTANCE BETWEEN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LEADS WHICH MAY LEAD TO A SHORT CIRCUIT.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE SHORT CIRCUIT COULD CAUSE THE PLASTIC AND /OR OUTPUT CABLES TO MELT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. CLORE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A SIMILAR REPLACEMENT PRODUCT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 7, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CLORE AT 1-800-328-2921.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE SHORT CIRCUIT COULD CAUSE THE PLASTIC AND /OR OUTPUT CABLES TO MELT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E005 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | CLORE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC |
| System at fault | Equipment:Electrical |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 February 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | BLUEPOINT BATTERY MAINTAINER EEBM10, CHARGE IT BATTERY MAINTAINER 4410, CHARGE IT BATTERY MAINTAINER 4420 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE SHORT CIRCUIT COULD CAUSE THE PLASTIC AND /OR OUTPUT CABLES TO MELT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
The remedy
CLORE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A SIMILAR REPLACEMENT PRODUCT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 7, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CLORE AT 1-800-328-2921.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12E005, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e005/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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