Recall · 21V029000
Smeal Holding recalled the SMEAL Aerial over equipment
343
Vehicles covered
1
Model
13
Model years
January 28, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:BOOM/CRANE/LADDER
- The defect
- Smeal Holding, LLC (Smeal) is recalling certain 2009-2020 Aerial Fire Apparatus vehicles equipped with a positional waterway trolley. If the operator attempts to both extend the ladder, and shift from one mode to the other at the same time, the locking tabs can be broken off the locking arms.
- What it can cause
- A damaged positional waterway trolley can become disconnected from the ladder and drop to the ground, increasing the risk of injury or death.
- What the dealer does
- Smeal will notify owners, and dealers will adjust the proximity switches for those units equipped with a positional waterway mode shift timer interlock system, free of charge. The recall began on March 25, 2021. Owners may contact Smeal customer service at 1-800-867-6478.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SmealAerial | 2008 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 343 vehicles this is a small campaign: 53% 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 2008 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 13 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Smeal vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 5 times before this, most recently in January 2021 as 21V005000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V005000 (equipment).
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 Smeal Holding, LLC with NHTSA on January 28, 2021 as campaign 21V029000. 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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