Recall · 20V420000
Altec Industries recalled the ALTEC Aerial Device over equipment
141
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
July 20, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT
- The defect
- Altec Industries, Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain 1995-1998 Altec A0442 aerial devices. The boom lift hydraulic cylinder end gland may fail causing uncontrolled boom movement.
- What it can cause
- Uncontrolled movement of the boom can increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Altec will notify owners, and instruct them to inspect the boom lift cylinders for an externally threaded head gland design. The customer will be instructed whether the unit can be used with restricted lower and/or upper boom articulation until the cylinder(s) are repaired or replaced, free of charge. The recall began September 14, 2020. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is MAB 770.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AltecAerial Device | 1995 to 1998 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 141 vehicles this is a small campaign: 65% 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 1995 to 1998, so the oldest vehicles on it were 25 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Altec vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 65 times before this, most recently in July 2020 as 20V401000. 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 July 20, 2020 as campaign 20V420000. 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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