Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 13V066000

Air bags

Spartan Motors, Inc. filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2013-02-28.

Recall campaignNHTSA 13V066000

Air bags

Component
Air bags
Manufacturer
Spartan Motors, Inc.
Vehicles affected
27
Reported to NHTSA
2013-02-28
Owners notified
2013-05-23

Defect description

Spartan Motors Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Metro Star and Gladiator fire trucks manufactured from March 29, 2012, through January 30, 2013 and equipped with a Spartan advanced protection system (APS) supplied by Takata Protection Systems. The circuits on the control module of the APS may short and cause an inadvertent air bag deployment.

Safety risk

An inadvertent air bag deployment could result in personal injury or increase the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Spartan Motors will notify owners, and dealers will install a new sub-wire harness on the control module of the APS, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in March 2013. Owners may contact Spartan at 1-800-543-5008 - Option 4.

Notes

Spartan's recall campaign number is 13-004.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.

Scope of coverage

4 model years across 2 models.

ModelYears on record
SPARTAN Gladiator2013 2012
SPARTAN Metrostar2013 2012

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.