Terex Equipment: Electrical

Terex is recalling about 23 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the GFI does not function, and a tool that is plugged into the inverter has a short, the operator could receive an electrical shock, resulting in electrocution.

Campaign
13V088000
Manufacturer
Terex South Dakota, Inc.
Reported
12 March 2013
Vehicles
23
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 April 2013
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2012 Terex Aerial Devices

What the defect is

Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain model year 2012 T292, TL, and NT Aerial Devices installed on utility trucks and equipped with a 110 VAC inverters. The Ground Fault Interrupt (GFI) may not offer GFI protection due to the neutral wire being ungrounded in the inverter.

What could happen

If the GFI does not function, and a tool that is plugged into the inverter has a short, the operator could receive an electrical shock, resulting in electrocution.

What gets fixed

Terex will notify owners, and dealers will add a jumper wire between the neutral and ground wire, free of charge. The recall began on April 18, 2013.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA12 March 2013
  2. Owners notified18 April 2013

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 12 March 2013.

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 Terex at 1-605-882-4000.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
SN605
Recalling manufacturer
Terex South Dakota, Inc.
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

Terex's recall campaign number is SN605.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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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