Recall · 23V631000
Spartan Fire recalled 5 models over parking brake
660
Vehicles covered
5
Models
14
Model years
September 12, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
PARKING BRAKE
- The defect
- Spartan Fire, LLC (Spartan Fire) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Gladiator, Metro Star, 2022-2024 FC-94, 2022-2023 KME Panther, and 2023 KME Predator emergency vehicles. A defect in the inversion valve may delay park brake engagement, which could allow the vehicle to move unintentionally. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 121, "Air Brake Systems."
- What it can cause
- Unintentional vehicle movement can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the inversion valve, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 2, 2023. Owners may contact Spartan Fire customer service at 1-800-867-6478. Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 23017.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| KMEPanther | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| KMEPredator | 2023 | Not published here |
| Spartan FireFC-94 | 2022 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Spartan FireGladiator | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Spartan FireMetrostar | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 660 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 54% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Spartan Fire vehicles have been recalled over the parking brake once before this, most recently in September 2022 as 22V682000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 29 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V758000 (latches/locks/linkages), 25V584000 (latches/locks/linkages), 24V799000 (equipment), 24V507000 (suspension).
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 Spartan Fire, LLC with NHTSA on September 12, 2023 as campaign 23V631000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2023-09-12.
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