Recall · 23V808000
Spartan Fire recalled 5 models over electrical system
69
Vehicles covered
5
Models
10
Model years
December 1, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Spartan Fire, LLC (Spartan Fire) is recalling certain 2020-2023 Spartan Fire S-180 Pumper Fire Apparatus, Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus, Smeal Pumper Fire Apparatus, and Spartan Fire Ladder Tower Aerial Fire Apparatus trucks. In the event of a short circuit or wiring failure, the firmware in the vehicle multiplex system may fail to shut off the output pin, resulting in overloaded electrical circuits.
- What it can cause
- Overloaded electrical circuits can overheat, increasing the risk of fire.
- What the dealer does
- Spartan Fire will work with the equipment manufacturer to update the firmware, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 17, 2024. Owners may contact Spartan Fire customer service at 1-517-543-6400. Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 23020.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KMEAerial Fire Apparatus | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| KMEPumper Fire Apparatus | 2021 | Not published here |
| SmealAerial | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Spartan FireLadder Tower Apparatus | 2020 | Not published here |
| Spartan FireS-180 Pumper | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 69 vehicles this is a small campaign: 74% 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 model years 2020 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Spartan Fire vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 6 times before this, most recently in July 2022 as 22V539000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V459000 (equipment).
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 December 1, 2023 as campaign 23V808000. 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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