Central Hydraulics Motorcycle Lift, model year 9999. Filed by Harbor Freight Tools and reported to NHTSA on 3 March 2023. 41,715 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Harbor Freight Tools (Harbor Freight) is recalling certain Central Hydraulics High Position Motorcycle Lifts with part number 99887. The lift welds or tubing may break, which can allow the lift to fall or drop the motorcycle.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 23E016 cover?
- Central Hydraulics Motorcycle Lift.
- What is wrong with them?
- Harbor Freight Tools (Harbor Freight) is recalling certain Central Hydraulics High Position Motorcycle Lifts with part number 99887. The lift welds or tubing may break, which can allow the lift to fall or drop the motorcycle.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A lift that falls or drops a motorcycle increases the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Harbor Freight will provide a refund in the form of a Harbor Freight gift card. Owner notification letters were mailed April 7, 2023. Owners may contact Harbor Freight customer service at 1-800-444-3353.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “A lift that falls or drops a motorcycle increases the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23E016 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Harbor Freight Tools |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 March 2023 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CENTRAL HYDRAULICS MOTORCYCLE LIFT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A lift that falls or drops a motorcycle increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Harbor Freight will provide a refund in the form of a Harbor Freight gift card. Owner notification letters were mailed April 7, 2023. Owners may contact Harbor Freight customer service at 1-800-444-3353.
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 23E016, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23e016/
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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- Defect summary
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