Crane Visibility: Windshield

Crane is recalling about 17 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. A failure of the tempered glass would allow small pieces of glass to enter the driver's compartment causing possible injury to the driver and loss of vehicle control.

Campaign
06V074000
Manufacturer
CRANE CARRIER COMPANY
Reported
16 March 2006
Vehicles
17
Built between
Sep 2004 – Feb 2006
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
3 April 2006
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2004 and February 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2004-2006 Crane WSBuilt September 2004 to February 2006

What the defect is

Certain truck chassis cabs fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 205, 'glazing materials.' the windshield installed was solid tempered glass instead of the intended laminated glass.

What could happen

A failure of the tempered glass would allow small pieces of glass to enter the driver's compartment causing possible injury to the driver and loss of vehicle control.

What gets fixed

CRANE CARRIER WILL INSPECT THE WINDSHIELD GLASS TO DETERMINE IF IT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. CRANE WILL THEN LOCATE OR ASSIST IN LOCATING AN AUTOMOTIVE GLASS SPECIALTY SHOP IN THE CUSTOMER'S AREA AND WILL AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2004 to February 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA16 March 2006
  3. Owners notified3 April 2006

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 16 March 2006.

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 may contact crane carrier at 1-918-832-7305.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
CRANE CARRIER COMPANY
Safety standard
FMVSS 205
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 may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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.

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