Altec Industries Inc.: Electrical System › Wiring
Altec Industries Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 14, 2017 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 335. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Altec Industries Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Aerial devices and Service Body Trucks equipped with certain JEMS 4A or JEMS 4E4 Idle Mitigation Systems (IMS). A cable within the IMS may have been improperly installed, possibly causing the cable to rub against an electrical component and short circuit.
The risk
A short circuit increases the risk of fire.
The remedy
Altec will notify owners, and dealers will replace and reroute the contactor cable within the IMS, free of charge. The recall began on April 13, 2017. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-205-991-7733. Altec's number for the recall is CSN 646.
4 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Altec Aerial Device | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Altec Service Body | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Altec Aerial Device | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Altec Service Body | 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 17V175000.
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