Harbor fright Jack stand RECALL!!!!!!!!!

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:49 am
I like many others are guilty of shopping at Harbor fright for a few odd ball things ya I know the stuff is Junk! But I like cheap Die grinders and I buy the occasional other thing or two BUT this is unexpected!

How can you screw up a Jack stand? **** **** ****
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/co ... ack-stands

I personally have some of the Jack stands that are on this recall. **** ****
Nothing more scary than a Car falling on your head! :shocked:
I am re posting this as I saw it on another web sight.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:32 pm
Scary. :shocked:

You really have to wonder when the factory blamed worn out tooling for the problem but they've been producing these things since 2012 and 1.7 million of them!

Factories, and retailers, of junk like this really don't care and, aside from the recall costs, will probably pay no penalty for injuring people and putting many at risk.

On a personal note, I had a set of those ratchet style jack stands years ago and had one instance where I accidentally knocked the lever, resulting in the stand dropping to the ground. They went in the bin and I've only ever used the pin type since, in fact bought some 3t ones recently. Seem to be much more robust than those HF ones.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:38 pm
NFT5 wrote:Scary. :shocked:

You really have to wonder when the factory blamed worn out tooling for the problem but they've been producing these things since 2012 and 1.7 million of them!

Factories, and retailers, of junk like this really don't care and, aside from the recall costs, will probably pay no penalty for injuring people and putting many at risk.

On a personal note, I had a set of those ratchet style jack stands years ago and had one instance where I accidentally knocked the lever, resulting in the stand dropping to the ground. They went in the bin and I've only ever used the pin type since, in fact bought some 3t ones recently. Seem to be much more robust than those HF ones.

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I have been looking for some jack stands like that, with the screw adjustment at the top and haven’t been able to locate any. I need them as I am about to cut off the rear portion of my 80’s Square Body frame to 4-link it.

Are those an Aussie item?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:57 pm
I gathered together 6 of those stands and took them in....fair warning...they will gladly take them from you and give you 100% of what you paid for them, however....they had NO type of new jack stands to replace them! And I mean NONE in the whole store...... So you walk in with jack stands and walk out with store credit. I had to get on Amazon when I got home to get new ones......
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:23 pm
OldFatBald wrote:Are those an Aussie item?


Australian family company with manufacture here and overseas. Seriously good quality though. Doesn't say on their website if they sell overseas, but you could always flick them an email.

https://www.stanfred.com.au/product-detail.php?pid=13
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Those are real beauties for that style of jack stand.....
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:26 am
This isn't the first time a jack stand has had a problem, I had a friend have one
fail, luckily he wasn't under the car.
I won't get under a car without a backup for any jack stand.
I usually put my floor jack in position just for double insurance.
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DarrelK wrote:I gathered together 6 of those stands and took them in....fair warning...they will gladly take them from you and give you 100% of what you paid for them, however....they had NO type of new jack stands to replace them! And I mean NONE in the whole store...... So you walk in with jack stands and walk out with store credit. I had to get on Amazon when I got home to get new ones......


Personally I do not want a Store credit, I want my money back in cash or a New set in equal performance claim that I purchased, 6 Ton Stands are not cheap!
They should have an equal set available or give me a full refund in CASH! I will not accept a store credit for another junk product from them.

I want to know why the recall wasn't posted on their web sight and on their front doors of the store ? No!!!! I had to go to NHTSA web sight and SEARCH for it! after I read a Bleep about it on another post about a car, not about the stands themselves.
It was not hard to find with the search on the NHTSA web sight BUT I had to read about it from some other internet web sight wear some one just mentioned it, It wasn't a clear post on the subject. I am really pissed about that to be frank! Its clear this dealer doesn't care about the safety or well being of there customers and That pisses me off even MORE!

Pittsburgh automotive is ultimately responsible BUT as an Offshore Manufacture the US courts are severally limited too the scope of financial responsibility they can impose. Reimbursement for the loss of life/bodily injury that these off shore corporations are responsible for as I am sure some poor saps have found out is EXTREMELY lacking!
BUT at the same time should not the single biggest USA retailer of the manufactures products be JUST as responsible????
As a USA republican I say NO!, BUT as a Consumer I say YES! WHY Is the recall not on the store windows? with all there Tools sale adds???? that are! Why is it not on their web sight warning customers of the danger they are in from using said product????
NO They are very much Just as responsible as the manufacture! and it will be a cold day in hell before i buy another product from Harbor fright!
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:20 pm
Dennis, I'm not defending HF; we have some retailers that sell similar junk. But that recall does go back to May and they probably did have it advertised. If you're not a regular customer you may just have missed it.

On the subject of responsibility, we used to have a similar situation where the retailer would point to the wholesaler who would point to the importer who would point overseas....where no responsibility was taken. The law was changed so that if a product is manufactured overseas the importer now bears the same responsibilities, and liabilities, as the manufacturer would have. That, together with some tougher consumer laws, has really had a significant effect, most notably amongst automotive importers who would sell a dud car and then walk away from it. No more. There have been a few significant decisions and the importers made to pay.

And it's not just the big players. Apart from the paint business I import, sell and fit a range of automotive products. Every item we carry first has to go through a rigorous testing procedure and if it fails then we don't carry it. Fortunately my main two suppliers will actually give us credit on faulty items but, amazingly, we haven't had a single failure in some 15 years. For the smaller suppliers we have to wear the responsibility and have quite extensive insurance cover. Imagine if we put one of these things in a brand new $300K Benz and it fried the electrics. Even for a small operation like ours, we have to stand up and be accountable. Unfortunately that costs and limits what we can sell to high end only, meaning that we constantly have to explain why our product is $200 when you can buy another on Ebay for $30. You want quality? And a warranty? And after sales service? These things cost.

Back to HF and their little problem. 1.7 million units at what? $50 each? That's an $85 million exposure and I see the factory is no longer in business. Ouch.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 8:57 am
https://images.harborfreight.com/hftweb ... _61197.pdf

This recall only concerns Jack Stand item #'s 56371, 56373, 61196, or 61197Please bring your set of 3-Ton and/or 6-Ton Heavy Duty Steel Jack Stands, item numbers56371, 56373, 61196,and 61197to your local Harbor Freight Tools store to receive a full cash refund, or gift card equal to the shelf price of these jack stands plus 20%. If you owned the jack stands, experienced the described failure in your unit and previously discarded the unit without returning it, please email [email protected] for a remedy.


They always get your phone number when checking out and Address so they can mail you there adds they could have mailed the recall information in there fliers.

Other items Harbor fright items on RECALL:


AC Manifold Gauge Set (#62707)

Customer Submission Form
Jack Stands (#56371, #56373, #61196 and #61197)
Gordon Folding Knife (#97668)
80 Lumen 12V Rechargeable Mini Flashlight (#64109)
Propane Torch (#61589 and #61595)
Union Safe Company and Bunker Hill Security Electronic Handgun Safes (#62984 and #61581)
Electric Chainsaw Recall - Portland, One Stop Gardens and Chicago Eletric electric chainsaw (#67255 and #61592)
Tires Recall - Replacement trailer tires and tires sold with utility trailer kits
Fire Extinguisher Recall - DO NOT GO TO HARBOR FREIGHT STORES FOR THIS RECALL
Utility Trailer Recall – Trailer Lights: - DO NOT GO TO HARBOR FREIGHT STORES FOR THIS RECALL

Customer Submission Form
18 Volt Cordless Drill (#68239 and #68287)
Trailer Light Kit - DO NOT GO TO HARBOR FREIGHT STORES FOR THIS RECALL

Customer Submission Form
Sit/Stand Rolling Walker (#66838)
Cordless Drill (#96526)
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