Evca Ev2000, Evca Ev2101, Evca Ev2102, Evca Ev2103, Evca Ev2104, Evca Ev2201, model year 9999. Filed by EV-Charge America Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 10 September 2012. 35 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says EV-Charge America Ltd. (EVCA) is recalling certain electric vehicle charging stations produced from May 15, 2009, through August 15, 2012. Due to an improper relay, the electrical lead that connects to the vehicle may be energized even when the charging station is turned off.
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 12E033 cover?
- Evca Ev2000, Evca Ev2101, Evca Ev2102, Evca Ev2103, Evca Ev2104, Evca Ev2201, Evca Ev2202, Evca Ev2203.
- What is wrong with them?
- EV-Charge America Ltd. (EVCA) is recalling certain electric vehicle charging stations produced from May 15, 2009, through August 15, 2012. Due to an improper relay, the electrical lead that connects to the vehicle may be energized even when the charging station is turned off.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A user could suffer an electrical shock should they contact the electrical lead. This risk may exist even when the charging station is turned off.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. EV-Charge America will notify owners and the units can be returned for repair or an EVCA technician will repair the unit(s) onsite, free of charge. The recall began in September 2012. Owners may contact EVCA at 1-702-278-8005.
- 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: “A user could suffer an electrical shock should they contact the electrical lead. This risk may exist even when the charging station is turned off.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E033 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | EV-Charge America Ltd |
| System at fault | Equipment:Electrical |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 September 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | EVCA EV2000, EVCA EV2101, EVCA EV2102, EVCA EV2103, EVCA EV2104, EVCA EV2201, EVCA EV2202, EVCA EV2203 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A user could suffer an electrical shock should they contact the electrical lead. This risk may exist even when the charging station is turned off.
The remedy
EV-Charge America will notify owners and the units can be returned for repair or an EVCA technician will repair the unit(s) onsite, free of charge. The recall began in September 2012. Owners may contact EVCA at 1-702-278-8005.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12E033, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e033/
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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- Defect summary
c290bc7c - Consequence
d9ddd762 - Remedy
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