Recall · 20V502000
Altec Industries recalled the ALTEC Aerial Device over engine and engine cooling
17
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
August 25, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
- The defect
- Altec Industries Inc. is recalling certain 2015-2018 LR7, ALB, AC18, AC23, and AC38 vehicles built on an International N9/N10 chassis. During an HC Desorb cycle, the vehicle's idle will rapidly rise causing an increase in pump flow. The increased pump flow can result in the moving speed of the boom changing.
- What it can cause
- The change in boom speed can result in unintended positioning of the boom, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Altec will notify owners, and dealers install an update that will reprogram the low idle preset to 850 RPM, free of charge. The recall began October 16, 2020. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is CSN 774.
- 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 | 2015 to 2018 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 17 vehicles this is a small campaign: 88% 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 2018, 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 engine and engine cooling once before this, most recently in September 2013 as 13V458000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 21 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V562000 (structure), 25V250000 (structure), 24V015000 (electrical system), 23V216000 (structure).
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 August 25, 2020 as campaign 20V502000. 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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