Kinedyne Winch Bar (10032), Kinedyne Winch Bar (10033), model year 9999. Filed by Kinedyne Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 6 December 2010. 10,816 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kinedyne is recalling certain aftermarket combination winch bars, part numbers 10032 (black) and 10033 (chrome) shipped from january 1, 2010, through october 25, 2010. due to a manufacturing anomaly, the subject winch bars may be prone to fracture at the weld that joins the steel bar to the box end (chain binder).
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10E056 cover?
- Kinedyne Winch Bar (10032), Kinedyne Winch Bar (10033).
- What is wrong with them?
- KINEDYNE IS RECALLING CERTAIN AFTERMARKET COMBINATION WINCH BARS, PART NUMBERS 10032 (BLACK) AND 10033 (CHROME) SHIPPED FROM JANUARY 1, 2010, THROUGH OCTOBER 25, 2010.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- THIS ANOMALY MAY CAUSE THE WELD JOINT TO FAIL AND THE BOX END TO ABRUPTLY SEPARATE DURING NORMAL USE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. KINEDYNE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND REPLACE THE SUBJECT COMBINATION WINCH BARS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KINEDYNE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-848-6057.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “THIS ANOMALY MAY CAUSE THE WELD JOINT TO FAIL AND THE BOX END TO ABRUPTLY SEPARATE DURING NORMAL USE. IF THE WELD FAILS UNEXPECTEDLY, THE WINCH BAR COULD STRIKE THE USER OR CAUSE THE USER TO LOSE HIS OR HER BALANCE AND FALL (ESPECIALLY WHEN…”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10E056 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | KINEDYNE CORPORATION |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 December 2010 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | KINEDYNE WINCH BAR (10032), KINEDYNE WINCH BAR (10033) |
What the notice says today
The consequence
THIS ANOMALY MAY CAUSE THE WELD JOINT TO FAIL AND THE BOX END TO ABRUPTLY SEPARATE DURING NORMAL USE. IF THE WELD FAILS UNEXPECTEDLY, THE WINCH BAR COULD STRIKE THE USER OR CAUSE THE USER TO LOSE HIS OR HER BALANCE AND FALL (ESPECIALLY WHEN THE USER IS POSITIONED ON TOP OF THE TRAILER OR ITS CARGO DURING USE).
The remedy
KINEDYNE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND REPLACE THE SUBJECT COMBINATION WINCH BARS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KINEDYNE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-848-6057.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 10E056, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10e056/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10E056 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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5f5a6e90 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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