Crane Wheels

Crane is recalling about 172 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. If the wheels are not identified and replaced a sudden failure of the wheel may occur without warning possibly resulting in a vehicle crash which could cause serious injury or even death.

Campaign
04V217000
Manufacturer
CRANE CARRIER COMPANY
Reported
6 May 2004
Vehicles
172
Built between
Dec 2002 – Feb 2004
Models
4
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2002 and February 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2003-2004 Crane LDT2Built December 2002 to February 2004
  • 2003 Crane LETBuilt December 2002 to February 2004
  • 2003-2004 Crane LET2Built December 2002 to February 2004
  • 2003 Crane LWTBuilt December 2002 to February 2004

What the defect is

On certain vehicles equipped with galaxy disc truck wheels, size 22.5" x 9", a failure of these wheels can occur.

What could happen

If the wheels are not identified and replaced a sudden failure of the wheel may occur without warning possibly resulting in a vehicle crash which could cause serious injury or even death.

What gets fixed

GALAXY IS HANDLING ALL OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. GALAXY WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE WHEELS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2002 to February 2004
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA6 May 2004

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 6 May 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners should contact galaxy tire at 1-800-343-3276 or crane at 1-918-836-1651.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
CRANE CARRIER COMPANY
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand