Terex Xt52, Terex Xt55, Terex Xt60, model years 2001 to 2003. Filed by Terex South Dakota, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 21 April 2016. 1,332 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 XT52, XT55 and XT60 aerial devices manufactured January 1, 2001, to May 31, 2003. The affected trucks have aerial devices that may have been built with lower booms made of material of insufficient strength.
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: SN618. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V233 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 16V233 cover?
- Terex XT52, Terex XT55, Terex XT60, model years 2001-2003.
- What is wrong with them?
- Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 XT52, XT55 and XT60 aerial devices manufactured January 1, 2001, to May 31, 2003. The affected trucks have aerial devices that may have been built with lower booms made of material of insufficient strength.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Booms made from weaker materials may crack and fail, increasing the risk of injury to the boom operator or those nearby.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Terex will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the lower boom to verify that it was made with the correct material. Any boom that was made with an improper material will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on June 9, 2016. Owners may contact Terex customer service at 1-800-982-8975.
- 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 SN618, 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: “Booms made from weaker materials may crack and fail, increasing the risk of injury to the boom operator or those nearby.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V233 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Terex South Dakota, Inc. |
| System at fault | Structure:Body |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 April 2016 |
| Model years | 2001-2003 |
| Vehicles named | TEREX XT52, TEREX XT55, TEREX XT60 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Booms made from weaker materials may crack and fail, increasing the risk of injury to the boom operator or those nearby.
The remedy
Terex will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the lower boom to verify that it was made with the correct material. Any boom that was made with an improper material will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on June 9, 2016. Owners may contact Terex customer service at 1-800-982-8975. Terex's recall campaign number is SN618. Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 15V-353.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V233, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v233/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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- Defect summary
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56157b15 - Remedy
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