NHTSA campaign 09V455000 · Spartan campaign 09025

Spartan Recall 09V-455: VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION OIL LINE/CATERPILLAR

NHTSA recall 09V455000 (Spartan campaign 09025) was reported by SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC. on November 30, 2009, with 14 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Spartan K3 for model years 2005–2006. Owners were notified on December 7, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V455000 (also written 09V-455 or 09V455)
Filed by: SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.
Spartan campaign number: 09025
Report received: November 30, 2009
Potentially affected: 14 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: December 7, 2009

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V455000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Spartan

Spartan K3
- 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built December 12, 2004 – March 1, 2006 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V455000.

Defect description

SPARTAN IS RECALLING 14 MODEL YEAR 2005 AND 2006 MOTORHOMES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 12, 2004 AND MARCH 1, 2006, EQUIPPED WITH CATERPILLAR C15 ENGINE. THE VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION OIL LINE MAY RUB AGAINST THE P-CLIPS RETAINING THE OIL LINE, CAUSING AN OIL LEAK.

Safety consequence

AN OIL LEAK MAY RESULT IN A FIRE HAZARD.

Manufacturer remedy

SPARTAN IS WORKING WITH CATERPILLAR TO REMEDY THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE SEE RECALL 09E-020. CATERPILLAR WILL INSPECT AND REPAIR THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 7, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CATERPILLAR TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-447-4986 OR SPARTAN AT 1-800-543-4277 OPTION 1.

Notes

SPARTAN'S CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 09025.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V455000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.