2000–2001 Genie TMZ-34/19 & 2000–2001 Genie TMZ-50/30 + 1 more recall: body & structure
⚠️ What's wrong
On some trailer mounted aerial work platform booms, certain personnel platform elevating jibs and associated composite bearings CAN fail.
💥 The risk
This CAN lead to damage and eventual failure of the jib structure, which could result in the platform dropping some distance.
🔧 The fix
Genie will provide a jib assembly to the owners of the affected machines. The recall began on august 9, 2004. Owners should contact genie at 1-800-536-1800.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 04V278000
- Manufacturer
- GENIE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 2,064
- Component
- STRUCTURE
- Owner phone
- 1-800-536-1800
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 9, 2004
- Built
- Jan 1, 1999 – Jan 26, 2002
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).