{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Spartan recall 13V316: Model Year 2012-2013 Utilimaster Reach",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v316/",
  "summary": "Recall 13V316 (Spartan): An engine shutdown without warning increases the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Utilimaster Reach, model years 2012 to 2013. Filed by Spartan Motors, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 19 July 2013. 330 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Spartan Motors, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Utilimaster Reach vehicles. A software problem in the control module may cause the vehicle to have an inadvertent engine shutdown. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An engine shutdown without warning increases the risk of a crash.” 13V316 Spartan Motors, Inc. Electrical System:Ignition:Switch 19 July 2013 2012-2013 UTILIMASTER REACH An engine shutdown without warning increases the risk of a crash. Spartan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the control modules free of charge. The recall beagn on August 9, 2013. Owners may contact Spartan Motors at 1-800-582-3454. This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass. This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system . Across that group the median wait before owners were w",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T15:20:05+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-17T07:13:30+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Spartan recall 13V316: Model Year 2012-2013 Utilimaster Reach\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v316/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}