Galfab Reverse Hoist, model year 9999. Filed by Hiab USA Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 30 August 2025. 41 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Hiab USA Inc. (Hiab) is recalling certain Galfab NIO 75 194 SO 72R, NOR 75 194 SO 72R, and OR 75 194 SO 72R reverse hoists. The upper hoist cylinder mounting pin may fail.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25E053 cover?
- Galfab Reverse Hoist.
- What is wrong with them?
- Hiab USA Inc. (Hiab) is recalling certain Galfab NIO 75 194 SO 72R, NOR 75 194 SO 72R, and OR 75 194 SO 72R reverse hoists. The upper hoist cylinder mounting pin may fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A pin failure can allow the hoist to fall, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and replace the bracket assembly on the reverse hoist as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 24, 2025. Owners may contact Hiab customer service at 1-330-630-7755.
- 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 pin failure can allow the hoist to fall, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25E053 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Hiab USA Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical |
| Reported to NHTSA | 30 August 2025 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | GALFAB REVERSE HOIST |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A pin failure can allow the hoist to fall, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the bracket assembly on the reverse hoist as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 24, 2025. Owners may contact Hiab customer service at 1-330-630-7755.
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.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25E053, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25e053/
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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