Vermeer Bc900xl, model years 2012 to 2016. Filed by Vermeer Manufacturing Company and reported to NHTSA on 24 May 2016. 636 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vermeer Manufacturing Company (Vermeer) is recalling certain model year 2012-2016 BC900XL wood chippers manufactured June 8, 2012, to May 31, 2016. The chassis of the affected wood chippers may have improper welds which could result in separation of the wood chipper from the tow vehicle.
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.
Vermeer's own number for this recall: IK3304. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V378 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 16V378 cover?
- Vermeer Bc900Xl, model years 2012-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vermeer Manufacturing Company (Vermeer) is recalling certain model year 2012-2016 BC900XL wood chippers manufactured June 8, 2012, to May 31, 2016. The chassis of the affected wood chippers may have improper welds which could result in separation of the wood chipper from the tow vehicle.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the brush chipper separates from the tow vehicle, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Vermeer will notify owners, and dealers will remove the current fixed tongue and bolt on a new fixed tongue, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in July 2016. Owners may contact Vermeer customer service at 1-800-829-0051 extension 7060. Vermeer's number for this recall is IK3304.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Vermeer calls this recall IK3304, 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: “If the brush chipper separates from the tow vehicle, there would be an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V378 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Vermeer Manufacturing Company |
| System at fault | Structure:Frame And Members |
| Reported to NHTSA | 24 May 2016 |
| Model years | 2012-2016 |
| Vehicles named | VERMEER BC900XL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the brush chipper separates from the tow vehicle, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Vermeer will notify owners, and dealers will remove the current fixed tongue and bolt on a new fixed tongue, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in July 2016. Owners may contact Vermeer customer service at 1-800-829-0051 extension 7060. Vermeer's number for this recall is IK3304.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V378, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v378/
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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Other Vermeer notices we hold
- 26V379: 2002-2026 BC1800XL brush chipper trailers
- 25V557: 2025 R600T trailers
- 25V128: 2020-2025 LPSDT, LPSGT, and LPXDT vacuum excavator trailers
- 24V784: 2024-2025 VXT600G2 vacuum
- 24V505: 2024 BC1200XL brush chippers
- 24V411: 2023 LPSDT vacuum excavator trailers
- 24V357: 2015-2022 BC900XL brush chipper trailers
- 24V098: 2016-2024 BC1800XL brush chipper trailers
All 31 Vermeer 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 16V378 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7a30d2a3 - Consequence
6b9e3c92 - 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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