{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Altec recall 18V348 (CSN 684): Altec Aerial Device (2012 to 2018)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v348/",
  "summary": "Recall 18V348 (Altec): An overloaded receiver tube could detach, increasing the risk of a crash. Altec's own number: CSN 684.",
  "excerpt": "Altec Aerial Device, model years 2012 to 2018. Filed by Altec Industries Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 29 May 2018. 201 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Altec Industries Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain 2012-2018 Altec LS63 and LS87 aerial devices equipped with a pintle hook mounted into the Class 3 receiver tube. This towing combination was shipped without a placard that provides the maximum allowable towing limit, possibly resulting in the receiver tube being … 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 684. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V348 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: “An overloaded receiver tube could detach, increasing the risk of a crash.” 18V348 Altec Industries Inc. Trailer Hitches 29 May 2018 2012-2018 ALTEC AERIAL DEVICE An overloaded receiver tube could detach, increasing the risk of a crash. Altec will notify owners, and provide them with a placard that states the limit of the receiver tube assembly as 600lbs",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T19:42:56+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T14:21:14+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Altec recall 18V348 (CSN 684): Altec Aerial Device (2012 to 2018)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v348/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}