3 recalls found. |
DEFECT #1 - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
Posted on: 2013-10-21
Description
Altec industries, inc. (altec) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 at200a, at235, at235p, at30-g, at35-g, at37-g, at40-g and at237 aerial devices mounted on ford super duty chassis' equipped with 6.8l gas engines and muncie fr67 power take offs (pto). In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the pto pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.
Consequence
Oil leaking onto the thermal blanket combined with heat from exhaust may result in an increased risk of fire.
Corrective Action
Altec will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected pressure switch and thermal blanket with the kit identified by muncie, free of charge. The recall began on december 9, 2013. Consumerr's may contact altec at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's recall number is csn 583.
Notes
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.
DEFECT #2 - EQUIPMENT
Posted on: 2013-10-21
Description
Altec industries, inc. (altec) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 at200a, at235, at235p, at30-g, at35-g, at37-g, at40-g and at237 aerial devices mounted on ford super duty chassis' equipped with 6.8l gas engines and muncie fr67 power take offs (pto). In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the pto pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.
Consequence
Oil leaking onto the thermal blanket combined with heat from exhaust may result in an increased risk of fire.
Corrective Action
Altec will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected pressure switch and thermal blanket with the kit identified by muncie, free of charge. The recall began on december 9, 2013. Consumerr's may contact altec at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's recall number is csn 583.
Notes
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.
DEFECT #3 - SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
Posted on: 2014-06-23
Description
Altec industries, inc. (altec) is recalling certain model year 2013 at237, and 2013-2014 at3x-g, at40-g, and at248f aerial trucks manufactured august 2013 through april 2014, built on ford f-450 and f-550 chassis, and equipped with front stable ride torsion bars. These torsion bars have welds that could fail.
Consequence
If the torsion bar welds fail, the vehicle may become unstable, increasing the risk of injury to the operator using the aerial device.
Corrective Action
Altec will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front torsion bars and replace any that have deficient welds, free of charge. The recall began in august 2014. Owners may contact altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is csn 599.
Notes
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.