Recall · 20V034000
Altec Industries recalled the ALTEC Crane over equipment
96
Vehicles covered
1
Model
5
Model years
January 22, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT
- The defect
- Altec Industries Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain 2015-2019 Altec AC26, AC28, AC30, and AC38 Crane Aerial Devices. The boom lift cylinder hose may have been connected to a port that does not have an internal velocity fuse. Failure of a boom lift cylinder hose that is not protected by a velocity fuse can result in uncontrolled boom movement.
- What it can cause
- Uncontrolled movement of the boom lift increases the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Altec will notify owners and will inspect the hose to verify that it is connected properly, repairing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 30, 2020. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is MAB 748.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| AltecCrane | 2015 to 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 96 vehicles this is a small campaign: 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Altec vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 60 times before this, most recently in October 2019 as 19V779000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Altec Industries Inc. with NHTSA on January 22, 2020 as campaign 20V034000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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