Vac-Tron Lp 873 Sgt, Vac-Tron Lp 873 Xdt, Vac-Tron Lpsgt, Vac-Tron Lpxdt, model years 2015 to 2020. Filed by Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 1 December 2020. 38 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC is recalling certain 2016-2020 LP873XDT, 2015-2020 LP873SGT, 2019-2020 LPSGT and LPXDT excavator trailers. The trailers are not equipped with a rear impact guard. As such, these trailers fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 224, "Rear Impact …
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.
Vac-Tron's own number for this recall: VMV001. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V744 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 20V744 cover?
- Vac-Tron LP 873 SGT, Vac-Tron LP 873 XDT, Vac-Tron LPSGT, Vac-Tron LPXDT, model years 2015-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC is recalling certain 2016-2020 LP873XDT, 2015-2020 LP873SGT, 2019-2020 LPSGT and LPXDT excavator trailers. The trailers are not equipped with a rear impact guard.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If a vehicle strikes the rear of the vacuum excavator, the vehicle may travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of injury and/or death.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Vac-Tron will notify owners, and dealers will install a field remedy kit, free of charge. The recall began January 22, 2021. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-877-342-5374. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Vac-Tron calls this recall VMV001, 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 a vehicle strikes the rear of the vacuum excavator, the vehicle may travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of injury and/or death.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V744 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 December 2020 |
| Model years | 2015-2020 |
| Vehicles named | VAC-TRON LP 873 SGT, VAC-TRON LP 873 XDT, VAC-TRON LPSGT, VAC-TRON LPXDT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If a vehicle strikes the rear of the vacuum excavator, the vehicle may travel under the rear of the vacuum excavator, increasing the risk of injury and/or death.
The remedy
Vac-Tron will notify owners, and dealers will install a field remedy kit, free of charge. The recall began January 22, 2021. Owners may contact Vac-Tron customer service at 1-877-342-5374. Vac-Tron's number for this recall is VVK0016.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V744, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v744/
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.
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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 20V744 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
68cd2ee0 - Consequence
a54ab787 - 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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