Equipment (GE, Heritage and Midwest Electric)
Vehicle equipment recall 12E-039. NHTSA received GE Industrial Solutions’s report on Oct 9, 2012.
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NHTSA received GE Industrial Solutions’s report on Oct 9, 2012. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
If the user touches an affected plug, conditions may exist in which the user receives an electrical shock.
The General Electric Company (GE) is recalling certain Midwest brand 30A, 125V AC, 3 wire plug-in receptacles used in recreational vehicle power outlets and pedestals that are branded Midwest, GE or Heritage.
The affected receptacles may have been sold separately as replacement parts or as part of an outlet or pedestal.
These outlets or pedestals are typically located at campgrounds or recreational vehicle parks but could also be installed at a private residence.
The receptacles were produced from May 21, 2012, through July 22, 2012.
The receptacles may have an ineffective ground clip resulting in an incomplete electrical ground connection.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment.
What should you do?
GE will notify owners, and replace the receptacles free of charge. Notices were mailed to retailers on October 31, 2012. Owners may contact GE at 1-866-855-8504.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 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.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,069 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- GE RV Power Outlet/PedestalBuilt from May 21, 2012 to Jul 22, 2012
- Heritage RV Power Outlet/PedestalBuilt from May 21, 2012 to Jul 22, 2012
- Midwest Electric ReceptacleNHTSA gives no dates made
- Midwest Electric RV Power Outlet/PedestalBuilt from May 21, 2012 to Jul 22, 2012
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GE Industrial Solutions.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.