Consumer Complaint Detail

WARN / HYDRAULIC WINCH / 9999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000016784 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: POMPANO BEACH Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: WARN INDUSTRIES, INC.
Model Name: HYDRAULIC WINCH Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment:mechanical:winch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 10 2001 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The result of an investigation found that the winch was unreasonable dangerous because the user or bystanders would be exposed to the hazards produced by the failure of the wire rope with no prior warning indication that the winch has been overloaded, when pulling at or near its advertised rated capacity of 9000lbs the winches ropes fail consistently, the breaking strength of the wire rope supplied with the winch was about 10% less than the winches advertised rated capacity (2000 warn xd9000i winch 4.6 hp motor). nlm