By year
Owner complaints and recall campaigns about Vactor vehicles
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Vactor
The complete NHTSA record for Vactor vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Vactor recalls are filed by Vactor Manufacturing, part of Vactor.
Owner complaints in the last five years00 on file in all, across 4 models
Recall campaigns40 in five years
Severity indexNoneCrash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations00 service bulletins
Components
Owner complaints by component
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The 2100 Plus has the most complaints of any Vactor model
Every Vactor model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2100 Plus | 2015 to 2017 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| 2100I | 2017 to 2020 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| HXX | 2015 to 2017 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| Jetter | 2015 to 2017 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Vactor product
- 20V-050 Jan 29, 2020
While in Recirculation (RECIRC) or Flusher mode and then switched to Jetting mode, the safety interlocks may fail resulting in unintentional…
Electrical system · 777 vehicles - 18V-133 Feb 22, 2018
Hydraulic dump body cylinder can corrode at the threaded joint over time, causing the cylinder to fail when in a dump cycle
Equipment · 1,130 vehicles - 17V-367 Jun 5, 2017
In certain conditions, the idle may unexpected rise, allowing the affected vehicles to over power the parking brake
Brakes · 37 vehicles - 15V-379 Jun 16, 2015
Affected vacuum trucks have boilers that may have been assembled with incorrect hardware and/or improper tightening procedures
Equipment · 387 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.