Manufacturer profile

Vactor Manufacturing

Vactor Manufacturing has filed 4 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2015, covering 2,331 vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0No campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file42015 to 2020
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Vactor Manufacturing".

Campaigns per year

Vactor Manufacturing has averaged 0 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2015 peak of 1

Vactor Manufacturing recall campaigns by report date, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

00.250.50.7512015120162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Electrical systems are Vactor Manufacturing's most recalled component since 2016

Vactor Manufacturing campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Electrical system
1
Equipment
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Software remedies against the industry

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Vactor Manufacturing against all manufacturers, by year.

Vactor ManufacturingAll manufacturers
050%100%201620182020202220242026100%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Model year 2015 is covered by the most Vactor Manufacturing campaigns, 3

Vactor Manufacturing campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

01232015320162017201820192020
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Vactor Manufacturing filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Vactor Manufacturing campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
20V-050Jan 29, 2020While in Recirculation (RECIRC) or Flusher mode and then switched to Jetting mode, the safety interlocks may fail resulting in unintentional…Electrical system777Software update
18V-133Feb 22, 2018Hydraulic dump body cylinder can corrode at the threaded joint over time, causing the cylinder to fail when in a dump cycleEquipment1,130Part replacement
17V-367Jun 5, 2017In certain conditions, the idle may unexpected rise, allowing the affected vehicles to over power the parking brakeBrakes37Repair or modification
15V-379Jun 16, 2015Affected vacuum trucks have boilers that may have been assembled with incorrect hardware and/or improper tightening proceduresEquipment387Repair or modification
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Vactor Manufacturing's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2018 Hydraulic dump body cylinder can corrode at…0.00M
  2. 2020 While in Recirculation (RECIRC) or Flusher…0.00M
  3. 2015 Affected vacuum trucks have boilers that…0.00M
  4. 2017 In certain conditions, the idle may…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.