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2008 Kme Ariel Cat Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 9, 2011
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 9, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Kme Ariel Cat. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Electrical
Filed Aug 9, 2011

ELECTRIC OVER HYDRAULIC CONTROLLER FAILURE ON A ARIAL FIRE TRUCK PLATFORM.WHEN YOU STEP ON THE DEAD MAN SWITCH THE BUCKET MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY TO THE LEFT. THIS COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DEATH OR INJURY DURING A WORKING FIRE OR IF YOU WHERE IN THE VICINITY OF HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES.POSSIBLE ELECTROCUTION OF FIREFIGHTERS.THE PART # OF THE CONTROLLER IS PARKER 20011366 AND IQAN-LSL-EO-DN-//-S.THIS CONTROLLER MOVES THE LADDER UP AND DOWN,IN AND OUT OR LEFT AND RIGHT..THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS CONTROLLER IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS ON 2 SEPARATE TRUCKS. IT IS THE SAME PART NUMBER ON BOTH TRUCKS AND SERVES AS THE SAME FUNCTION. *TR

NHTSA ID
10418106
Incident
Aug 7, 2011
Mileage
19,340 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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