| NHTSA Campaign Number: |
85V062000 |
| Vehicle/Equipment Make: |
ERNEST HOLMES |
| Vehicle/Equipment Model: |
ERNEST HOLMES |
| Model Year: |
1984 |
| Manufacturer Campaign Number: |
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| Manufacturer Component Description: |
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES |
| Manufacturers Involved in Recall: |
ERNEST HOLMES COMPANY |
| Manufacturered: |
19840501 - 19840701 |
| Type of Report: |
V (Vehicle, Equipment or Tire) |
| Potential Number of Units Affected: |
18 |
| Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: |
19850508 |
| Recall Initiated By: |
19850508 |
| Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: |
ERNEST HOLMES COMPANY |
| Report Received Date: |
19850514 |
| Record Creation Date: |
19850521 |
| Regulation Part Number: |
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| Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: |
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| Defect Summary: |
THE COUNTER BALANCE VALVE COULD FAIL AND ALLOW THE HYDRAULIC BOOM LIFT TO LOWER WITHOUT WARNING. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: SHOULD THE BOOM LOWER WITH A VEHICLE IN TOW, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR. |
| Consequence Summary: |
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| Corrective Summary: |
INSTALL NEW COUNTER BALANCE VALVES NOT SUBJECT TO THIS DEFECT. |