{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Altec recall 17V175 (CSN 646): Altec Aerial Device, Altec Service Body (2015 to 2016)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v175/",
  "summary": "Recall 17V175 (Altec): A short circuit increases the risk of fire. Altec's own number: CSN 646.",
  "excerpt": "Altec Aerial Device, Altec Service Body, model years 2015 to 2016. Filed by Altec Industries Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 14 March 2017. 335 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Altec Industries Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Aerial devices and Service Body Trucks equipped with certain JEMS 4A or JEMS 4E4 Idle Mitigation Systems (IMS). A cable within the IMS may have been improperly installed, possibly causing the cable to rub against an electrical component and short circuit. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Altec's own number for this recall: CSN 646. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V175 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A short circuit increases the risk of fire.” 17V175 Altec Industries Inc. Electrical System:Wiring 14 March 2017 2015-2016 ALTEC AERIAL DEVICE, ALTEC SERVICE BODY A short circuit increases the risk of fire. Altec will notify owners, and dealers will replace and reroute the contactor cable within the IMS, free of charge. The recall",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T19:00:55+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T12:26:32+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Altec recall 17V175 (CSN 646): Altec Aerial Device, Altec Service Body (2015 to 2016)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v175/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}