IMT Equipment

Imt is recalling about 822 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the valve bank cover detaches from the crane it could be a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
16V088000
Manufacturer
Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc.
Reported
16 February 2016
Vehicles
822
Built between
Apr 2013 – Jan 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
6 April 2016
Repaired
74%
Unrepaired
213

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between April 2013 and January 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2013-2016 IMT DominatorBuilt April 2013 to January 2016

Repair progress

213 of 822 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2018.

74% repaired — 609 of 822 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

Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. (IMT) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Dominator-Propane, Dominator I, Dominator II, Dominator III, and Dominator IV vehicles manufactured April 4, 2013, to January 22, 2016. The affected vehicles are fitted with IMT Series III cranes, models 6000, 7500, 8600, 9500, 10000, 12000, and 14000, which have a valve bank cover that may crack and fall from the crane while the vehicle is being driven.

What could happen

If the valve bank cover detaches from the crane it could be a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

IMT will notify owners, and dealers will replace the valve bank cover with a thicker one, free of charge. The recall began on April 6, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 2013 to January 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA16 February 2016
  3. Owners notified6 April 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2018 — 74% 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 16 February 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 IMT customer service at 1-800-247-5958. IMT's number for this recall is TB2016002.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
TB2016002
Recalling manufacturer
Iowa Mold Tooling Co., 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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