Spartan recall: Service brakes, air
What is wrong
Spartan is recalling certain model year 2008, 2010, and 2011 gladiator, as well as model year 2010 metrostar vehicles manufactured from march 4, 2009 through february 22, 2011, and equipped with gunite automatic slack adjusters. Due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can occur, which could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads.
What could happen
Slack adjusters with this flow notch could crack under normal braking conditions causing loss of braking which could result in a vehicle crash.
The fix
Spartan will notify owners and dealers will replace the subject slack adjusters free of charge. The safety recall began during march 2011. Owners may contact spartan chassis at 1-800-543-5008, option 5.
Vehicles covered
- Spartan Gladiator 2008, 2010–2011
- Spartan Metrostar 2010
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11V187000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Spartan Chassis, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Mar 21, 2011
- Owners notified
- Mar 29, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 12
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Mar 4, 2009 to Feb 22, 2011
- Part
- Service brakes, air › Slack adjusters › Automatic
Notes
Spartan's recall campaign number is 11006.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 http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Spartan recall: Equipment Jun 9, 2021
- Spartan recall: Parking brake Apr 8, 2020
- Spartan recall: Parking brake Mar 20, 2020
- Spartan recall: Parking brake Mar 10, 2020
- Spartan recall: Service brakes Dec 30, 2019
- Spartan recall: Service brakes Dec 10, 2019
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.