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Altec Dc1317, model years 2011 to 2014. Filed by Altec Industries Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 26 September 2014. 813 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Altec Industries Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 DC1317 wood chippers manufactured September 1, 2011, to July 14, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the fasteners that attach the chipper cutting disc bearing to the unit may fail and the chipper disc may detach.

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.

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Altec's own number for this recall: CSN 604. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14V601 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 14V601 cover?
Altec Dc1317, model years 2011-2014.
What is wrong with them?
Altec Industries Inc. (Altec) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 DC1317 wood chippers manufactured September 1, 2011, to July 14, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the fasteners that attach the chipper cutting disc bearing to the unit may fail and the chipper disc may detach.
What can happen if it is not put right?
If the disc detaches within the housing, there is an increased risk of injury to the operator or those nearby.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Altec has notified owners, and dealers will replace the disc bearing mounting bolts, free of charge. The recall began on October 29, 2014. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is CSN 604.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Altec calls this recall CSN 604, 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: “If the disc detaches within the housing, there is an increased risk of injury to the operator or those nearby.”

813vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 26 September 2014owners told 29 October 2014today
The defect reached the regulator on 26 September 2014. Owners were written to 33 days later, on 29 October 2014. 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.
Campaign14V601
Filed byAltec Industries Inc.
System at faultEquipment
Reported to NHTSA26 September 2014
Model years2011-2014
Vehicles namedALTEC DC1317

What the notice says today

The consequence

If the disc detaches within the housing, there is an increased risk of injury to the operator or those nearby.

The remedy

Altec has notified owners, and dealers will replace the disc bearing mounting bolts, free of charge. The recall began on October 29, 2014. Owners may contact Altec customer service at 1-877-462-5832. Altec's number for this recall is CSN 604.

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 14V601, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v601/

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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