Recall · 26V440000
Shyft Group recalled the UTILIMASTER Velocity over exterior lighting
563
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
July 8, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- The defect
- Shyft Group (Shyft) is recalling certain 2016, 2019, and 2021 Utilimaster Velocity vehicles. Water may enter an improperly sealed strobe light and cause a short circuit.
- What it can cause
- An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to remove the control module for the strobe light. The remedy is currently under development. Interim owner notification letters explaining the safety risk were mailed July 17, 2026. Another notice will be sent once the remedy becomes available. Owners may contact Shyft customer service at 1-800-237-7806. Shyft's number for this recall is 26-06.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UtilimasterVelocity | 2016, 2019 and 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 563 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 52% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2016 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 10 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Utilimaster vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 5 times before this, most recently in April 2020 as 20V216000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V448000 (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 Shyft Group with NHTSA on July 8, 2026 as campaign 26V440000. 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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