Terex Digger Derrick, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Terex South Dakota, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 9 November 2018. 1,275 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Terex Digger Derrick vehicles. The guide bar that attaches the pole guide arms to the pole guide tilt bracket may have insufficient welds, possibly resulting in the guide arm falling while in use.
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: SN669. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V794 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 18V794 cover?
- Terex Digger Derrick, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Terex Digger Derrick vehicles. The guide bar that attaches the pole guide arms to the pole guide tilt bracket may have insufficient welds, possibly resulting in the guide arm falling while in use.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the pole guide arm falls, it may strike any nearby personnel, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Terex will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected guide bars, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin December 14, 2018. Owners may contact Terex at 1-605-882-4000. Terex's recall number for this recall is SN669.
- 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 SN669, 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 pole guide arm falls, it may strike any nearby personnel, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V794 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Terex South Dakota, Inc. |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 November 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | TEREX DIGGER DERRICK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the pole guide arm falls, it may strike any nearby personnel, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Terex will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected guide bars, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin December 14, 2018. Owners may contact Terex at 1-605-882-4000. Terex's recall number for this recall is SN669.
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
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V794, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v794/
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.
Other Terex notices we hold
- 26V167: 2019-2026 General 65, General 80, General 95, C4000, C5000, and C6000 digger utility trucks equipped with pole guides
- 26V006: 2025 TL-Series, LT-Series, LTM40, HR40, HR46, and SCM55 areal device
- 26E016: pole position guide arm assembly pins with part number 450543
- 25V084: 2024 Commander
- 24V740: 2023-2024 TL80, TL80/112, TL100, and TM
- 24V526: 2020-2024 XT Pro
- 24V438: 2022-2023 TM
- 24V252: 2023 Commander
All 61 Terex campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 18V794 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
44af4462 - Consequence
e065c9a2 - 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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