Stellar Equipment

Stellar is recalling about 291 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the valve post ejects, it may be a projectile, injuring the crane operator or others nearby.

Campaign
16E072000
Manufacturer
Stellar Industries, Inc
Reported
15 September 2016
Vehicles
291
Built between
Dec 2016 – Jul 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
10 October 2016
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2016 and July 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Stellar 3200 CraneBuilt December 2016 to July 2016

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q3 2018.

100% repaired — 291 of 291 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Stellar Industries, Inc. (Stellar) is recalling certain 3200-series cranes manufactured December 26, 2012, to July 25, 2016. The proportional control valve can fail and the valve post may eject from the valve housing.

What could happen

If the valve post ejects, it may be a projectile, injuring the crane operator or others nearby.

What gets fixed

Stellar will notify owners, and dealers will install a retaining bracket to keep the valve from ejecting, free of charge. The recall began on October 10, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2016 to July 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA15 September 2016
  3. Owners notified10 October 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2018 — 100% repaired

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 15 September 2016.

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 Stellar customer service at 1-800-321-3741. Stellar's number for this recall is TBT-1601.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
TBT - 1601
Recalling manufacturer
Stellar Industries, 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

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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