Terex Digger Derrick, model years 1999 to 2012. Filed by Terex South Dakota, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 7 March 2013. 261 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain model year 1999-2012 XL4000 Digger Derrick utility trucks. The shims and spacers used to adjust the length of the hydraulic cylinder may give, causing the rod eye and threads to fatigue while lifting loads.
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.
Terex's own number for this recall: SN602. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V089 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V089 cover?
- Terex Digger Derrick, model years 1999-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain model year 1999-2012 XL4000 Digger Derrick utility trucks. The shims and spacers used to adjust the length of the hydraulic cylinder may give, causing the rod eye and threads to fatigue while lifting loads.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The hydraulic cylinder may separate from the digger derick arm, allowing it to collapse without warning, increasing the risk of injury to the operator or those nearby.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Terex will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the rod eye and threads, as necessary. The existing shims and spacer will be replaced with a hardened spacer. All repairs will be made at no charge to the owner. The recall began on May 23, 2013.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Terex calls this recall SN602, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “The hydraulic cylinder may separate from the digger derick arm, allowing it to collapse without warning, increasing the risk of injury to the operator or those nearby.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V089 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Terex South Dakota, Inc. |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 7 March 2013 |
| Model years | 1999-2012 |
| Vehicles named | TEREX DIGGER DERRICK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The hydraulic cylinder may separate from the digger derick arm, allowing it to collapse without warning, increasing the risk of injury to the operator or those nearby.
The remedy
Terex will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the rod eye and threads, as necessary. The existing shims and spacer will be replaced with a hardened spacer. All repairs will be made at no charge to the owner. The recall began on May 23, 2013. Owners may contact Terex at 1-605-882-4000.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V089, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v089/
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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- 25V084: 2024 Commander
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- 24V526: 2020-2024 XT Pro
- 24V438: 2022-2023 TM
- 24V252: 2023 Commander
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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 13V089 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
12f89a06 - Consequence
a81715c4 - 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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