Vac-Tron Cs 1270 Gt, Vac-Tron Cs 1273 Gt, Vac-Tron Cs 870 Gt, Vac-Tron Cs 873 Gt, Vac-Tron Cv 1273 Gt, Vac-Tron Cv 1273 Sgt, model years 2016 to 2020. Filed by Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 20 May 2020. 21 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC (Vac-Tron), a subsidiary of Vermeer Manufacturing Company (Vermeer), is recalling certain 2016-2020 CS873GT, CV1273GT, LP1273XDT, CS1270GT, CS1273GT, CS870GT, and CS1273SGT Vacuum Excavator trailers. The rear most extremity extends too far beyond the rear of the trailer frame, reducing impact …
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The maker's own number for this recall: VVK0009. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V293 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 20V293 cover?
- Vac-Tron CS 1270 GT, Vac-Tron CS 1273 GT, Vac-Tron CS 870 GT, Vac-Tron CS 873 GT, Vac-Tron CV 1273 GT, Vac-Tron CV 1273 SGT, Vac-Tron LP 1273 XDT, model years 2016-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC (Vac-Tron), a subsidiary of Vermeer Manufacturing Company (Vermeer), is recalling certain 2016-2020 CS873GT, CV1273GT, LP1273XDT, CS1270GT, CS1273GT, CS870GT, and CS1273SGT Vacuum Excavator trailers.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a rear impact crash, the other vehicle can travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of serious injury or death to someone in the other vehicle.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Vac-Tron will notify owners, and Vermeer dealers will install remedy kits provided by Vac-Tron, free of charge. The recall began July 14, 2020. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-888-822-8766. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0009.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall VVK0009, 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: “In the event of a rear impact crash, the other vehicle can travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of serious injury or death to someone in the other vehicle.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V293 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Bumpers |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 May 2020 |
| Model years | 2016-2020 |
| Vehicles named | VAC-TRON CS 1270 GT, VAC-TRON CS 1273 GT, VAC-TRON CS 870 GT, VAC-TRON CS 873 GT, VAC-TRON CV 1273 GT, VAC-TRON CV 1273 SGT, VAC-TRON LP 1273 XDT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a rear impact crash, the other vehicle can travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of serious injury or death to someone in the other vehicle.
The remedy
Vac-Tron will notify owners, and Vermeer dealers will install remedy kits provided by Vac-Tron, free of charge. The recall began July 14, 2020. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-888-822-8766. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0009.
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
- Vac-Tron CS 1270 GT recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Vac-Tron CS 1273 GT recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Vac-Tron CS 870 GT recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Vac-Tron CS 873 GT recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 20V293, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v293/
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 20V293 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
38e0c0a7 - Consequence
c8ccb515 - Remedy
6f873e43
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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