Cvg Hp Air Suspension Seat, model year 9999. Filed by Commercial Vehicle Group and reported to NHTSA on 27 April 2012. 215 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Commercial vehicle group (cvg) is recalling certain aftermarket hp model air suspension driver seats manufactured between december 20, 2011, and february 2, 2012, sold for use on various heavy duty trucks. the seat bases contain a potentially defective weld joint that may allow the seat to buckle unexpectedly.
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 12E018 cover?
- CVG HP Air Suspension Seat.
- What is wrong with them?
- COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP (CVG) IS RECALLING CERTAIN AFTERMARKET HP MODEL AIR SUSPENSION DRIVER SEATS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN DECEMBER 20, 2011, AND FEBRUARY 2, 2012, SOLD FOR USE ON VARIOUS HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- AN UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OR COLLAPSE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT COULD AFFECT VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 1, 2012. THE SEATS WILL BE INSPECTED BY DEALERS TO DETERMINE IF THE WELDS WERE DONE ROBOTICALLY. SEAT BASES WILL BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CVG AT 1-800-222-7328.
- 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: “AN UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OR COLLAPSE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT COULD AFFECT VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E018 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 April 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CVG HP AIR SUSPENSION SEAT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
AN UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OR COLLAPSE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT COULD AFFECT VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 1, 2012. THE SEATS WILL BE INSPECTED BY DEALERS TO DETERMINE IF THE WELDS WERE DONE ROBOTICALLY. SEAT BASES WILL BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CVG AT 1-800-222-7328.
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 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12E018, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e018/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12E018 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8617f384 - Consequence
dc977148 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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