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Altec Industries wood chipper blades were not made to hardness specifications.

NHTSA campaign 12V-517 · Reported October 24, 2012 · 205 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Altec Industries
VEHICLES AFFECTED
205
REMEDY
Altec will notify owners and will replace the blades, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC. reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The wood chipper blades were not made to hardness specifications.

WHY IT MATTERS

Due to not being the correct hardness, the wood chipper blades could fail during use causing the blade to separate. This could lead to personal injury.

WHAT TO DO

Altec will notify owners and will replace the blades, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 12V-517.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 12V-517

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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