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NHTSA campaign 11V500000 · Spartan campaign 11026

Spartan Recall 11V-500: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM MODULE

NHTSA recall 11V500000 (Spartan campaign 11026) was reported by SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC. on October 13, 2011, with 799 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar, Spartan Furion and more for model years 2007–2012. Owners were notified on December 19, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 11V500000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
11V500000 (also written 11V-500 or 11V500)
Filed by
SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.
Spartan campaign number
11026
Report received
Potentially affected
799 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V500000. 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 April 12, 2007 – September 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)

  • Spartan Furion

    • 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built April 12, 2007 – September 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built April 12, 2007 – September 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)

  • Spartan FURION R/T

    • 2010 · Vehicles built April 12, 2007 – September 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)

  • Spartan Gladiator

  • Spartan Metrostar

  • Spartan Spartan Force

    • 2012 · Vehicles built April 12, 2007 – September 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)
All Spartan recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V500000.

Defect description

SPARTAN CHASSIS (SPARTAN), IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 DIAMOND, MODEL YEAR 2008-2009 FURION ALONG WITH MODEL YEAR 2011, MODEL YEAR 2010 FURION R/T, MODEL YEAR 2007-2012 GLADIATOR, MODEL YEAR 2008-2012 METROSTAR AND MODEL YEAR 2012 SPARTAN FORCE EMERGENCY RESCUE TRANSPORT VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 12, 2007, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2011. THE ESC MODULE MAY CAUSE THE ESC SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE UNNECESSARILY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN IN A PARTICULAR MANNER ON CERTAIN UNIQUE ROAD CONDITIONS AND MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SLIP ANGLE CALCULATION BY THE ESC MODULE.

Safety consequence

THIS MIGHT CAUSE THE ESC TO PERCEIVE AN OVER STEERING SITUATION AND THEREFORE APPLY THE FRONT AXLE OUTER WHEEL SERVICE BRAKE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS PERCEIVED TO BE STABLE BY THE ESC. THESE CONDITIONS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

SPARTAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 19, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SPARTAN AT 1-800-543-5008 OPTION 5.

Notes

SPARTAN SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS 11026.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 11V500000

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.