Why were these Harbor Freight Jack Stands Recalled?
From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Safety Recall reports, the 3 Ton Heavy Duty Steel Jack Stands suffered from inconsistencies in production due to the aging of the tooling. Additionally, the 3 Ton Heavy Duty Steel Jack had inconsistent location indexing of the pawl armature hole.
The 6 Ton Heavy Duty Steel Jack Stands, like the 3 Ton, suffered from inconsistent product quality due to the aging of the tool.
All these jacks were manufactured by Jiaxing Golden Roc Tools, Co. , LTD.
What Harbor Freight is doing about the problem
Harbor Freight has indicated that it has removed all the jacks from inventory. Additionally, Harbor Freight Tools will provide a gift card equal to the shelf price of the these jack stands to all customers who have purchased them.
UPDATE
A recent article indicates that the new 3 ton replacement stand sold at Harbor Freight may have issues related to the weld.
Harbor Freight has confirmed the defect in the replacement 3 ton jack stands (Part No. 56373).
What to do if you suffered injury or property damage due to the recalled Harbor Freight Jack Stands
As one article noted, Harbor Freight sold nearly 2 million of these jack stands. A bump or knock may drop the vehicle suddenly because these jack stands do not lock in place.
If you owned any of these recalled jack stands or any other jack stand from Harbor Freight and experienced a sudden drop in a lifted vehicle after locking the jack stand, please answer a few questions below to learn what options you may have to pursue a claim against the company.
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