NHTSA campaign 10V209000 · Spartan campaign 10010

Spartan Recall 10V-209: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM

NHTSA recall 10V209000 (Spartan campaign 10010) was reported by SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC. on May 14, 2010, with 468 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Spartan Furion, Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar and more for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on July 12, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
10V209000 (also written 10V-209 or 10V209)
Filed by
SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.
Spartan campaign number
10010
Report received
Potentially affected
468 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V209000. 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 Diamond

    • 2008 · Vehicles built January 29, 2008 – January 25, 2010 (per NHTSA)
  • Spartan Furion

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built January 29, 2008 – January 25, 2010 (per NHTSA)
  • Spartan Gladiator

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built January 29, 2008 – January 25, 2010 (per NHTSA)
  • Spartan Metrostar

    • 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built January 29, 2008 – January 25, 2010 (per NHTSA)
All Spartan recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V209000.

Defect description

SPARTAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 THROUGH 2010 GLADIATOR, METROSTAR, FURION, AND DIAMOND FIRE APPARATUS AND AMBULANCE CHASSIS MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 29, 2008 THROUGH JANUARY 25, 2010, EQUIPPED WITH MERITOR WABCO ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEMS (ESC). IN CERTAIN CASES, THE ESC MAY INADVERTENTLY INTERPRET VEHICLE INSTABILITY, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE MAY BE STABLE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE INTERVENTION OF BRAKE ACTIVATION TO A SELECTED WHEEL.

Safety consequence

INADVERTENT BRAKE APPLICATION TO A SELECTED WHEEL MAY CAUSE THE DRIVE TO TRY AND OVER CORRECT, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

SPARTAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTERS WILL PERFORM THE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 12, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SPARTAN AT 1-800-543-5008, OPTION 5.

Notes

SPARTAN'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 10010.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 10V209000

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.