# NHTSA recall 24V098000

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: 24V098000
- Manufacturer's number: IK4524
- Manufacturer: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Reported: 2024\-02\-09
- Owners notified: 2024\-09\-05
- Component: TRAILER HITCHES
- Units potentially affected: 38
- Part numbers: 163709680

## What is wrong

Vermeer Manufacturing Company \(Vermeer\) is recalling certain 2016\-2024 BC1800XL brush chipper trailers.  The tongue weldment may crack and separate from the tow hitch.


## What can happen

A hitch separation can cause a loss of control and increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Vermeer will provide a remedy kit, integrating a new surge brake tongue into the tongue weldment, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 5, 2024.  Owners may contact Vermeer customer service at 1\-800\-829\-0051, ext. 7060.  Vermeer's number for this recall is IK4524.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 38
- Reported remedied: 32 \(84%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 6

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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

- [2016 VERMEER BC1800XL](/makes/vermeer/bc1800xl/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2021\-02\-16.
- [2017 VERMEER BC1800XL](/makes/vermeer/bc1800xl/2017/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2021\-02\-16.
- [2018 VERMEER BC1800XL](/makes/vermeer/bc1800xl/2018/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2021\-02\-16.
- [2019 VERMEER BC1800XL](/makes/vermeer/bc1800xl/2019/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2021\-02\-16.
- [2020 VERMEER BC1800XL](/makes/vermeer/bc1800xl/2020/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2021\-02\-16.
- [2021 VERMEER BC1800XL](/makes/vermeer/bc1800xl/2021/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2021\-02\-16.

## 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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