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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…”

10,816vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 6 December 2010owners told 15 December 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 6 December 2010. Owners were written to 9 days later, on 15 December 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10E056
Filed byKINEDYNE CORPORATION
System at faultEquipment
Reported to NHTSA6 December 2010
Model years9999-9999
Vehicles namedKINEDYNE 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.

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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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