Recall Register

Specialty Manufacturing: equipment recalls

NHTSA lists 2 equipment recall campaigns for Specialty Manufacturing. NHTSA received the reports in 2005. The campaigns have 82,416 units in total. The newest campaign is 05E038000. NHTSA received the report on 17 May 2005.

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The defect, the consequence and the remedy on this page are the summaries in the NHTSA recall file. The file names the manufacturer that filed each recall report.

NHTSA recall file through .

Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 82,416 units in total.

  1. 05E038000Received . 2,680 units.

    Equipment

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Specialty manufacturing (smc) 5-series stops arms manufactured between january 7, 2002, and february 25, 2005, and sold for use as replacement parts for various school buses. In extremely cold weather, the microswitches used internally to position the sign in the open and closed positions may malfunction, causing the sign to open or close in an improper position, or to not open at all.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Should the stop arm not perform properly, a child or pedestrian may be endangered by passing vehicles should the motorist not stop at the correct location.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Smc will notify its customers and repair the stop arms with a replacement switch pack that includes switches that are not as sensitive to extreme cold weather. The recall is expected to begin during may/june 2005. Owners may contact smc at customer center at 1-800-951-7867.

    Products named: Specialty Manufacturing Stop Arm Series 5.

    Report filed by SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING CO..

  2. 05E032000Received . 79,736 units.

    Equipment / Mechanical

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain specialty manufacturing (smc) 5-series stops arms manufactured between january 7, 2002, and february 25, 2005, and sold for use on various school buses. In extremely cold weather, the microswitches used internally to position the sign in the open and closed positions may malfunction, causing the sign to open or close in an improper position, or to not open at all.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Should the stop arm not perform properly, a child or pedestrian may be endangered by passing motorists should the motorist not stop at the correct location.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    This recall covers the original equipment and each vehicle manufacturer will conduct its own campaign.

    Products named: Specialty Manufacturing Stop Arm Series 5.

    Report filed by SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING CO.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Counts

Specialty Manufacturing equipment campaigns, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2005, with 2 campaigns.

Products in the campaigns

The product names in the NHTSA file.

  • Stop Arm Series 52

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Specialty Manufacturing: equipment recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/other/specialty-manufacturing/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026

Manufacturers in the recall file: SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING CO..

The brand is the make that NHTSA records for the campaign. A campaign that names 2 brands is on the page of each brand. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Specialty Manufacturing products do the campaigns name?
The NHTSA records have 1 product name for these campaigns. The name in the most campaigns is: Stop Arm Series 5
How many units does a Specialty Manufacturing equipment campaign have?
The median Specialty Manufacturing campaign has 79,736 units. The median of all 2,866 equipment campaigns is 1,677 units.
Which component do the Specialty Manufacturing campaigns name most often?
Equipment, in 2 campaigns. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.