Reliability & cost of ownership
Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus problems by model year
8 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 4 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Aerial Fire Apparatus | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2018 Aerial Fire Apparatus | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2017 Aerial Fire Apparatus | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2016 Aerial Fire Apparatus | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |