- Vehicles
- 1,649
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- 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.
- 1975-1978 Crane Carrier DR
- 1975-1978 Crane Carrier F
- 1975-1978 Crane Carrier IR
- 1975-1978 Crane Carrier M
What the defect is
The anti-lock brake system fails to comply to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems". Manufacturing tolerances on the switch can allow the warning buzzer to sound at pressures below the standard 60 psi. The steering wheel blocks the driver"s field of view of the warning light. Some of the trucks require .6 seconds, for the air pressure to fall from 95 PSI to 5 PSI instead of the required .55 seconds. Also, on some of these vehicles, the brakes would not release after loss of air in the rear brake reservoir by means of the service brake control.
What gets fixed
DEALER WILL INSTALL TWO LOW AIR PRESSURE SWITCHES TO ACTIVATE THE LOW AIR PRESSURE WARNING BUZZER AT A MINIMUM OF 60 PSI. AN AUDIBLE WARNING BUZZER WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED ON VEHICLES WHERE THE ANTI-LOCK WARNING LIGHT MIGHT BE OBSCURED BY THE STEERING WHEEL, AND VALVES AND FITTINGS WILL BE INSTALLED TO DECREASE THE TIME NECESSARY TO EXHAUST THE AIR FROM THE BRAKE CHAMBERS.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 June 1978
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 27 June 1978.
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.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- CRANE CARRIER COMPANY
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 121
- Recall initiated by
- OVSC
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
Vehicle description: trucks, heavy.system: service brakes; anti-lock brake system.consequences of defect: if the steering wheel blocks the driver"s field of viewof the warning light, the driver will not be warned if the brakes lock. If theair pressure takes too long to release, and if emergency brakes do not releaseafter release of air in the rear brake reservoir, loss of vehicle control andan accident could occur.
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.