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Altec Industries battery cable going to the unit auxiliary functions could be damaged and possibly short to ground.

NHTSA campaign 13V-224 · Reported May 29, 2013 · 761 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Altec Industries
VEHICLES AFFECTED
761
REMEDY
Altec began notifying affected owners on April 24, 2013.
COST
Free

The short version

Altec Industries Inc. reported a problem with the 12v/24v/48v battery cables. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The battery cable going to the unit auxiliary functions could be damaged and possibly short to ground.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the battery cable shorts to ground, it may overheat, resulting in a fire.

WHAT TO DO

Altec began notifying affected owners on April 24, 2013, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 13V-224.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 13V-224

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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