Palfinger Fhs 55 Forklift, Palfinger Gls 55 Forklift, model years 2017 to 2025. Filed by Palfinger, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 14 January 2025. 2,149 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Palfinger, Inc. (Palfinger) is recalling certain 2017-2025 FHS 55 and GLS 55 vehicles. The outer rear marker lights were installed in the incorrect location. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V008 cover?
- Palfinger FHS 55 Forklift, Palfinger GLS 55 Forklift, model years 2017-2025.
- What is wrong with them?
- Palfinger, Inc. (Palfinger) is recalling certain 2017-2025 FHS 55 and GLS 55 vehicles. The outer rear marker lights were installed in the incorrect location.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Incorrectly positioned lights can reduce the vehicle's visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will install a steel plate and relocate the lights, free of charge. Owners may contact Palfinger customer service at 1-712-256-9347.
- 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: “Incorrectly positioned lights can reduce the vehicle's visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V008 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Palfinger, Inc. |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 January 2025 |
| Model years | 2017-2025 |
| Vehicles named | PALFINGER FHS 55 FORKLIFT, PALFINGER GLS 55 FORKLIFT |
What the notice says today
The defect
Palfinger, Inc. (Palfinger) is recalling certain 2017-2025 FHS 55 and GLS 55 vehicles. The outer rear marker lights were installed in the incorrect location. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
The consequence
Incorrectly positioned lights can reduce the vehicle's visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will install a steel plate and relocate the lights, free of charge. Owners may contact Palfinger customer service at 1-712-256-9347.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to b7a437c223ec665755e09aef4635bb2a…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V008, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v008/
The copy quoted above hashes to b7a437c223ec665755e09aef4635bb2a…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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 Palfinger notices we hold
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- 21E076: Knuckle Boom Cranes, models PW38001, 42001, and 50001
All 3 Palfinger 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 25V008 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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0ffbb6e0 - 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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