Recall · 20V111000
Custom Fire Apparatus recalled the CUSTOM FIRE Side Mount Pumper over equipment
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Vehicles covered
1
Model
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Model years
February 26, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT
- The defect
- Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. (Custom Fire) is recalling one2017 In Side Mount Pumper vehicle equipped with a Smart Foam 6.5-12 system. The foam pump system can overheat and fail, causing fire fighting foam chemical to be unavailable to fight a fire.
- What it can cause
- If the fire fighting foam chemical injection is unavailable, it can impact the fire fighting and/or vapor mitigation efforts, which increases the risk of injury to bystanders and emergency personnel.
- What the dealer does
- Custom Fire states that the affected vehicle has been remedied by Hale Products. The recall began August 16, 2019. Owners may contact Custom Fire customer service at 1-715-294-2555.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Custom FireSide Mount Pumper | 2017 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1 vehicle this is a small campaign: 100% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2017, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. with NHTSA on February 26, 2020 as campaign 20V111000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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