Mcneilus Zero Radius, model years 2015 to 2024. Filed by McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 22 August 2024. 4,300 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. (McNeilus) is recalling certain 2015-2024 Zero Radius refuse trucks. The side loader arm may not be properly secured, resulting in unexpected movement while driving.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 24V632 cover?
- Mcneilus Zero Radius, model years 2015-2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. (McNeilus) is recalling certain 2015-2024 Zero Radius refuse trucks. The side loader arm may not be properly secured, resulting in unexpected movement while driving.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A side loader arm that unexpectedly extends out from the vehicle body while driving increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. McNeilus will provide new latch assemblies, free of charge. In addition, a McNeilus technician will update the vehicle software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 18, 2024. Owners may contact McNeilus' customer service at 1-888-686-7278.
- 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 side loader arm that unexpectedly extends out from the vehicle body while driving increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 24V632 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 August 2024 |
| Model years | 2015-2024 |
| Vehicles named | MCNEILUS ZERO RADIUS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A side loader arm that unexpectedly extends out from the vehicle body while driving increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
McNeilus will provide new latch assemblies, free of charge. In addition, a McNeilus technician will update the vehicle software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 18, 2024. Owners may contact McNeilus' customer service at 1-888-686-7278.
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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 24V632, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/24v632/
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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- 22V376: 2022 Bridgemaster Mixer Trucks
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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 24V632 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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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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