# NHTSA recall 12V420000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 12V420000
- Manufacturer: NBC TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC
- Reported: 2012\-08\-28
- Owners notified: 2012\-11\-26
- Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
- Units potentially affected: 32

## What is wrong

NBC Truck Equipment, Inc. \(NBC\) is recalling certain model year 2007\-2008 and model year 2010\-2011 trucks equipped with Sure Power battery separator devices, due to overheating.


## What can happen

Overheating of the battery separator can result in smoke and possible fire.


## The remedy

NBC will notify owners, and Sure Power will replace the battery separators free of charge.  The safety recall began November 26, 2012.  Owners may contact NBC Truck Equipment, Inc. at 1\-586\-774\-4900.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2010 DODGE DAKOTA](/makes/dodge/dakota/2010/recalls.md). Built 2010\-05\-11 to 2011\-07\-08.
- [2011 DODGE DAKOTA](/makes/dodge/dakota/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-05\-11 to 2011\-07\-08.
- 2008 MITSUBISHI FE180. Built 2009\-10\-27 to 2009\-11\-02.
- 2007 NBC TRUCK EQUIPMENT CHEVY C3500. Built 2009\-12\-28 to 2009\-12\-31.

## Investigated as EQ12001

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EQ12001: Equipment query, opened 2012\-02\-01, closed 2012\-12\-10. Sure Power Battery Separator Fires. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V420000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V420000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [9100196](/bulletins/10242717.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [05183348A](/bulletins/10228093.md), 2022-12-19, Service bulletin
- [S2209000004](/bulletins/10227983.md), 2022-12-19, Service bulletin
- [9002503](/bulletins/10220993.md), 2022-09-26, Service bulletin
- [3100619](/bulletins/10220097.md), 2022-09-15, Service bulletin
- [Z5091195A](/bulletins/10218303.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin
- [05183348A$](/bulletins/10181451.md), 2020-10-26, Service bulletin
- [23\-015\-20](/bulletins/10175743.md), 2020-05-26, Service bulletin
- [08\-049\-20](/bulletins/10175735.md), 2020-05-26, Service bulletin
- [31\-005\-19](/bulletins/10169249.md), 2019-12-16, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V420000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V420000)

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