Altec Aerial Device: Equipment

Affects Altec Aerial Device · 2020–2021 — about 218 vehicles.

The hazard

Overloaded bolts can fail, causing the pedestal to separate and increasing the risk of injury or death.

What to do

Altec will issue remedy instructions to owners, to inspect the bolts, and replace any grade 5 bolts with grade 8 bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on July 22, 2021. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-800-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is CSN 825.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational