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NEWS | March 27, 2017

Know if your privately owned vehicle is under recall before shipping

By Tina M. Jenkins JBSA-Randolph Personal Property Processing Office

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., has put out an advisory announcing that prior to turning a privately owned vehicle, or POV, into a vehicle processing shipment, or VPC, customers must ensure their vehicle does not have any unresolved “recall notice.” 

 

Vehicle owners can verify if their vehicles have a recall notice by visiting https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/. Customers should also print a report (documented proof) from this website on the status of recalls associated with their vehicle. 

 

Effective April 1, customers must provide documented proof that there are no open recalls to the VPC during turn-in before it will accept the vehicle for shipment.  If the recall cannot be corrected due to a lack of parts from the original manufacturer or due to a lack of mechanical ability in the geographical area, the customer should contact their servicing VPC for assistance on how to ship their vehicle.

For more information, contact the local Personal Property Processing Offices at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph at 210-652-1848; at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston at 210-221-1605; or JBSA-Lackland at 210-671-2821.