PSA RECALL on 6-Ton Jack Stands from Harbor Freight

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[FONT=&quot]Working under your vehicle can be a rewarding experience and jack stands should be major part of the tools needed to work safely under a vehicle. This is a PSA in case you own a pair of these HF 6-ton jack stands with part# 61197. Present a copy of the pdf to speed the reimbursement process.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Description of Defect :[/FONT]
"For certain units, the ratchet teeth on the jack stand lifting extension post may inconsistently engage the pawl to a sufficient depth"

 

[JPNinPA]

Thanks!!!!


Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them up - Jesse Jackson

 

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NOTE: there has been a Harbor Freight RECALL UPDATE that adds model# 56371, 61196, and 61197

 

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View attachment 3 TON RCLRPT-20E027-9959.PDF

 

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Quoted from Jalopnik:

"Moral of the story here though: If you’ve got Harbor Freight jack stands that were recalled, check in on the above-linked cases to figure out what to do. If you have other Harbor Freight jack stands, I’d strongly recommend ditching them or relegating them to non-life-preserving duty. Being crushed by your car because a cheap jack stand failed would be such a deeply awful way to be killed or maimed, why risk it to save a few bucks?"

 

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Slightly out of focus youtube video but gets right to the point

 

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Quoted from Jalopnik:

"Moral of the story here though: If you’ve got Harbor Freight jack stands that were recalled, check in on the above-linked cases to figure out what to do. If you have other Harbor Freight jack stands, I’d strongly recommend ditching them or relegating them to non-life-preserving duty. Being crushed by your car because a cheap jack stand failed would be such a deeply awful way to be killed or maimed, why risk it to save a few bucks?"

I'll have to go out to the shop and check the numbers but I have several HF jack stands that I've used for a long time with no issues. My 6 ton stands are 35+ yrs old. The 3 ton stands are about 10 yrs old. Hopefully this is just an issue with recently manufactured stands.

Finally checked mine - numbers are no where near close to those being recalled

 

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THE DRIVE just released an article about the new replacement HF jack stands

Harbor Freight Customer's Replacement Jack Stands Immediately Failed Too - The Drive

 

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PSA UPDATE: Looks like we can return more HF jack stands.....


To the Harbor Freight Community:

I'm writing to apologize. I often reach out to tell you about Harbor Freight's commitment to quality and all the investments we've made to deliver quality tools at the lowest prices. Your trust matters deeply to me and I'm proud of how far we've come. So when we have a product recall, it hurts.

A few months ago, we recalled our Pittsburgh 3 ton and 6 ton steel jack stands (SKUs 56371, 61196 and 61197) due to a manufacturer's defect. We asked customers to return them and receive a gift card that could be used to purchase replacement jack stands. I felt terrible about that recall because you should never have a concern about the safety of any of our products.

Today, I feel even worse. I'm disappointed and embarrassed because we've identified a welding defect in a small number of the Pittsburgh 3 ton steel jack stands (SKU 56373) that replaced the recalled jack stands. We're now adding these jack stands to our recall. Unfortunately, this defect wasn't discovered during the initial recall investigation. If you own these jack stands or any of the jack stands in our original recall, whether or not you have had an issue with them, please stop using them immediately and bring them back to your local Harbor Freight Store for a full cash refund or store credit (see details here).

We have investigated all of our other Pittsburgh 3 ton steel jack stands (SKUs 56371, 56372 and 57308) as well as the Pittsburgh 6 ton steel jack stands (SKUs 56368, 56369 and 56370) and Pittsburgh 12 ton steel jack stands (SKUs 56374 and 56375) and did not find the defect. Although none of these other jack stands are being recalled, if you own any of them and have any concern whatsoever, please bring them back and we'll give you a full cash refund or store credit for those as well.

I want to apologize to all of our customers. While we've dramatically grown our team of engineers and inspectors, and intensified our tests and inspections, I assure you that the lessons learned from this will drive further improvement.

As the owner and founder of Harbor Freight, I want you to know that we stand behind every product we sell and that safety will always be our top priority.

Sincerely,

Eric Smidt
Owner and Founder
Harbor Freight Tools

 

[TerryMason]

A recall of a recall.

To be a fly on the wall when they found out the replacement jacks were bad too...

 

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A recall of a recall.

To be a fly on the wall when they found out the replacement jacks were bad too...

Commendable that HF is taking steps to take care of the problem but I don't think HF is the only company with imported jack stands of questionable quality. Got a $60 store credit for two pairs of non-recalled orange 3-ton and grey 6-ton jack stands. No questions asked after I showed them ERIC's latest email. Looking at ESCO brand of jack stands that utilize a pin to ensure better security while working under a vehicle.