Crane Carrier Company: Service Brakes, Air › Slack Adjusters › Automatic
Crane Carrier Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 13, 2011 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 73. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
CRANE CARRIER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011DR, LET2,OET, WS, AND MODEL YEAR 2010 LDT2 CAB AND CHASSIS UTILITY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 26, 2010, THROUGH MARCH 18, 2011 AND EQUIPPED WITH GUNITE AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKE SLACK ADJUSTERS. DUE TO AN INCOMPLETE "KNITTING" OF THE IRON AT THE TIME OF CASTING, INADEQUATE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SLACK ADJUSTER HOUSING CAN OCCUR, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE HOUSING TO BREAK AT THE HANDLE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING LOADS.
The risk
SLACK ADJUSTERS WITH THIS FLOW NOTCH COULD CRACK UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
The remedy
CRANE CARRIER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND ACCURIDE/GUNITE WILL CONDUCT THE REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN AND REPLACE THE SUBJECT SLACK ADJUSTERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 26, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ACCURIDE AT 1-800-677-3786 OR CRANE CARRIER AT 1-918-832-7305.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Crane LET2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Crane Carrier DR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Crane Carrier Oet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Crane Carrier WS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Crane LDT2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Crane LET2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Crane Carrier DR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Crane Carrier Oet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Crane Carrier WS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 11V234000.
Full record for the 2011 Crane LET2 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →