By year
Owner complaints about Athey vehicles peaked at 1 in 2000
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2000 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Athey
The complete NHTSA record for Athey vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Athey recalls are filed by Athey Products, part of Athey.
Owner complaints in the last five years03 on file in all, across 7 models
Recall campaigns90 in five years
Severity index66.7Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations30 service bulletins
Components
Airbags draws the most owner complaints about Athey vehicles, 25% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The M9D has the most complaints of any Athey model
Every Athey model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M9D | 1997 to 2001 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sweeper | 1994 to 2000 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 3 |
| Street Sweeper | 1995 to 1997 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| M8A | 1997 to 2001 | 0 | None | 10 | 0 |
| M9B | 1997 to 2001 | 0 | None | 10 | 0 |
| 712 | 1999 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Athey | 1999 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Athey product
- 03V-110 Mar 21, 2003
On certain street sweepers, as the brake pads wear, the brake calipers on the rear axle can come into contact with a bracket on the chassis
Brakes · 19 vehicles - 01V-375 Dec 12, 2001
Vehicle description: 4-wheeled, self-propelled, on-highway mechanical street sweepers equipped with meritor wabco anti-lock braking system (abs)
Brakes · 160 vehicles - 01V-130-003 Dec 11, 2001
Vehicle description: street sweepers equipped with meritor wabco phase 1, d-version antilock brake system (abs), fail to comply to the…
Brakes · 160 vehicles - 01V-164 May 18, 2001
On certain street sweepers, the left hand front brake torque plate is susceptible to failure
Brakes · 309 vehicles - 01V-139-002 May 2, 2001
Vehicle description: heavy duty class 8 vehicles equipped with arvinmeritor axle assemblies which may have been manufactured with trw model 20edl…
Steering · 251 vehicles - 00V-357-001 Dec 20, 2000
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks
Brakes · 127 vehicles - 00V-279-006 Nov 28, 2000
Vehicle description: street sweepers equipped with meritor wabco phase 1, d-version antilock brake system (abs), fail to comply to the…
Brakes · 160 vehicles - 00V-246-309 Nov 2, 2000
Vehicle description: four-wheel, self-propelled, off-road loader equipped with trw 20-edl ball-socket assemblies
Steering · 17 vehicles - 98V-119-003 Oct 1, 1998
Vehicle description: street sweepers equipped with an optional automatic transmission shift lever that includes a park brake position
Powertrain · 500 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.