Equipment
- Component
- Equipment
- Manufacturer
- Altec Industries Inc.
- Vehicles affected
- 1,145
- Reported to NHTSA
- 2013-09-26
- Owners notified
- 2013-12-09
Defect 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.
Safety risk
Oil leaking onto the thermal blanket combined with heat from exhaust may result in an increased risk of fire.
Manufacturer remedy
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.