Recall · 21V559000
Altec Industries recalled the ALTEC Digger Derrick over equipment
878
Vehicles covered
1
Model
6
Model years
July 22, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT
- The defect
- Altec Industries, Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain 2016-2021 DH, D3000, DT65, and DT85 Digger Derricks. The operator may inadvertently move the pole guide joystick with their forearm due to the close proximity between the controls.
- What it can cause
- An unintentionally engaged joystick could result in uncontrolled movement of an unbalanced load, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Altec will provide a guard kit to install over the pole guide controls, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 15, 2021. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is CSN 829.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| AltecDigger Derrick | 2016 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 878 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 57% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2016 to 2021, 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 77 times before this, most recently in July 2021 as 21V548000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 13 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V071000 (electrical system), 25V562000 (structure), 23V636000 (equipment), 23V357000 (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 Altec Industries, Inc. with NHTSA on July 22, 2021 as campaign 21V559000. 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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