# NHTSA recall 23V206000

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: 23V206000
- Manufacturer's number: IK4395
- Manufacturer: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Reported: 2023\-03\-27
- Owners notified: 2023\-05\-25
- Component: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- Units potentially affected: 1210
- Part numbers: 507085010, 507612030

## What is wrong

Vermeer Manufacturing Company \(Vermeer\) is recalling certain 2021\-2023 BC700XL brush chipper trailers.  The incorrect retention bolt may have been installed in the safety chain assembly.


## What can happen

A safety chain with an incorrect retention bolt can detach from the brush chipper, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will install a new retention bolt, free of charge.  Owners notification letters were mailed on May 25, 2023.  Owners may contact Vermeer customer service at 1\-800\-829\-0051\- ext. 7060.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov. Please be reminded of the following requirements:You are required to submit a draft owner notification letter to this office no less than five days prior to mailing it to the customers.Also, copies of all notices, bulletins, dealer notifications, and other communications that relate to this recall, including a copy of the final owner notification letter and any subsequent owner follow\-up notification letter\(s\), are required to be submitted to this office no later than 5 days after they are originally sent \(if they are sent to more than one manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or purchaser/owner\).Please be reminded that under 49 U.S.C. § 30112\(a\)\(3\), it is illegal for a manufacturer, to sell, offer for sale, import, or introduce or deliver into interstate commerce, a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment that contains a safety defect once the manufacturer has notified NHTSA about that safety defect.This prohibition does not apply once the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment has been remedied according to the manufacturer's instructions.As stated in 49 U.S.C. § 30118\(f\), submission of 8 consecutive quarterly reports is required. As described in 573.7, submission of the first of eight consecutive quarterly status reports is required within one month after the close of the calendar quarter in which notification to purchasers occurs.Therefore, the first quarterly report will be due on, or before, 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 1, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1210
- Reported remedied: 299 \(24%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 132

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 VERMEER BC700XL](/makes/vermeer/bc700/2021/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2022 VERMEER BC700XL](/makes/vermeer/bc700/2022/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2023 VERMEER BC700XL](/makes/vermeer/bc700/2023/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## 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)

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