Terex Tl80, Terex Tl80/112, model years 2019 to 2020. Filed by Terex South Dakota, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 29 April 2020. 43 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain 2019-2020 TL80 and TL80/112 aerial devices. The installed slope indicator and decals incorrectly state that the chassis can be 5 degrees out of level for aerial device 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: SN685. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V240 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 20V240 cover?
- Terex TL80, Terex TL80/112, model years 2019-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain 2019-2020 TL80 and TL80/112 aerial devices. The installed slope indicator and decals incorrectly state that the chassis can be 5 degrees out of level for aerial device use.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the aerial device is used with the chassis out of level it may result in an unstable condition which may cause the unit to tip, increasing the risk of injury to the operator and any bystanders.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Terex will notify owners, and dealers will replace the incorrect slope indicator and decals, free of charge. The recall began May 12, 2020. Owners may contact Terex customer service at 1-605-882-4000. Terex's number for this recall is SN685.
- 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 SN685, 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 aerial device is used with the chassis out of level it may result in an unstable condition which may cause the unit to tip, increasing the risk of injury to the operator and any bystanders.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V240 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Terex South Dakota, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 April 2020 |
| Model years | 2019-2020 |
| Vehicles named | TEREX TL80, TEREX TL80/112 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the aerial device is used with the chassis out of level it may result in an unstable condition which may cause the unit to tip, increasing the risk of injury to the operator and any bystanders.
The remedy
Terex will notify owners, and dealers will replace the incorrect slope indicator and decals, free of charge. The recall began May 12, 2020. Owners may contact Terex customer service at 1-605-882-4000. Terex's number for this recall is SN685.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V240, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v240/
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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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 20V240 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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7a4174a5 - Remedy
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