Ez Loader Boat Trailer, model year 2012. Filed by Ez Loader Adjustable Boat Trailers, Inc and reported to NHTSA on 26 March 2012. 21 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ez loader is recalling certain model year 2012 ez loader boat trailers equipped with a carlisle hydrastar brake actuator. one of the rotating components in the hydraulic pump missed a heat treat operation causing the actuator to wear at a higher than normal rate. as a result, the hydraulic pump could fail and result …
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Ez Loader's own number for this recall: 1ZE. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V129 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V129 cover?
- Ez Loader Boat Trailer, model year 2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- EZ LOADER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 EZ LOADER BOAT TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A CARLISLE HYDRASTAR BRAKE ACTUATOR. ONE OF THE ROTATING COMPONENTS IN THE HYDRAULIC PUMP MISSED A HEAT TREAT OPERATION CAUSING THE ACTUATOR TO WEAR AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RATE.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH, SERIOUS INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 19, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT EZ LOADER AT 1-509-489-0181.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ez Loader calls this recall 1ZE, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH, SERIOUS INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V129 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | EZ LOADER ADJUSTABLE BOAT TRAILERS, INC |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 March 2012 |
| Model years | 2012-2012 |
| Vehicles named | EZ LOADER BOAT TRAILER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH, SERIOUS INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
The remedy
THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 19, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT EZ LOADER AT 1-509-489-0181.
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 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V129, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v129/
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.
Other Ez Loader notices we hold
- 14V626: model year 2014-2015 Adjustable Steel and Aluminum trailers manufactured May 27, 2014, to September 11, 2014
- 14V049: model year 2013 -2014 boat trailers, equipped with Carlisle Transportation Products-brand 15X6" and 16X6" CrossTrax Series trailer wheels
- 10V214: MODEL YEAR 2010 EZ LOADER SINGLE AXLE BOAT TRAILERS
All 4 Ez Loader campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 12V129 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ddb27e40 - Consequence
542066a4 - 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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