Recall 01V271000: 1993–1999 Spartan Fire Truck

Report received

Aug 27, 2001

Manufacturer

Spartan motors, inc.

Potentially affected

49vehicles

Model years

1993–1999

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Vehicle description: fire trucks equipped with a drive axle suspension containing a spring beam with a thickness of 1.75". The spring beam in the suspension can fail causing the collapse of the drive axle suspension and allowing abrupt contact of the tires with the bodywork of the rear of the fire truck.

Possible consequence

Abrupt impact with the rear tires may cause the vehicle to veer across the road and impact oncoming traffic, or cause the driver to loss control of the vehicle in their lane, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

Remedy

Spartan will notify its customers and replace the spring beam with a heavy duty version which is 2" thick and replace the shock absorbers free of charge. Owner notification began september 24, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact spartan at 1-800-722-3025.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1993 Spartan Fire Truck0 complaints
• 1994 Spartan Fire Truck0 complaints
• 1995 Spartan Fire Truck0 complaints
• 1996 Spartan Fire Truck2 complaints
• 1997 Spartan Fire Truck0 complaints
• 1998 Spartan Fire Truck0 complaints
• 1999 Spartan Fire Truck0 complaints