Smeal recall: Equipment
What is wrong
Smeal Holding, LLC (Smeal) is recalling certain 2009-2020 Aerial Fire Apparatus vehicles equipped with a positional waterway trolley. If the operator attempts to both extend the ladder, and shift from one mode to the other at the same time, the locking tabs can be broken off the locking arms.
What could happen
A damaged positional waterway trolley can become disconnected from the ladder and drop to the ground, increasing the risk of injury or death.
The fix
Smeal will notify owners, and dealers will adjust the proximity switches for those units equipped with a positional waterway mode shift timer interlock system, free of charge. The recall began on March 25, 2021. Owners may contact Smeal customer service at 1-800-867-6478.
Vehicles covered
- Smeal Aerial 2008–2020
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 21V029000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Smeal Holding, LLC
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jan 28, 2021
- Owners notified
- Mar 25, 2021
- Vehicles or items affected
- 343
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Equipment › Mechanical › Boom/crane/ladder
- Maker's own recall number
- 21-02
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Smeal recall: Equipment Oct 30, 2025
- Kme / Smeal / Spartan Fire recall: Electrical system Dec 1, 2023
- Smeal recall: Equipment Jan 12, 2021
- Smeal recall: Equipment Nov 16, 2017
- Smeal recall: Structure Oct 16, 2017
- Smeal recall: Equipment Dec 9, 2016
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.