Spartan Advantage, Diamond, Gladiator, Metrostar (2006-2010): Suspension
Recall 13V628000 · Dec 18, 2013 · Spartan Motors, Inc.
37
vehicles affected
37
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 13V628000
- Date
- Dec 18, 2013
- Maker
- Spartan Motors, Inc.
- Units affected
- 37
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Suspension > Front
- Model years
- 2006-2010
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
Spartan Motors Chassis, Inc. (Spartan Chassis) is recalling certain model year 2006-2007 Diamond, model year 2006-2010 Gladiator, model year 2009-2010 Metrostar and one model year 2007 Advantage emergency response vehicles manufactured December 22, 2005, through October 13, 2010, and equipped with independent front suspensions (IFS) by Ridgewell Corporation. In the affected vehicles, welds on the IFS cradles may crack.
What can happen
Cracking of the welds could result in difficulty in steering the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Spartan Chassis will notify owners, and dealers will repair any cracks and install reinforcement brackets, free of charge. An interim notification will be sent in January 2014. A second notification will be sent when the remedy parts are available. Owners may contact Spartan at 1-517-543-6400. Spartan's number for this recall is 13028.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 10 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 13V628000?
4 models: Spartan Advantage (2007), Spartan Diamond (2006-2007), Spartan Gladiator (2006-2010) and 1 more, about 37 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 13V628000?
Spartan Chassis will notify owners, and dealers will repair any cracks and install reinforcement brackets, free of charge. An interim notification will be sent in January 2014. A second notification will be sent when the remedy parts are available. Owners may contact Spartan at 1-517-543-6400. Spartan's number for.
What can happen?
Cracking of the welds could result in difficulty in steering the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.