{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Spartan recall 20V216 (20-05): 2020-2021 FLT Utilimaster Truck Body",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v216/",
  "summary": "Recall 20V216 (Spartan): The incorrectly positioned license plate lamp may cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Utilimaster Truck Body, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Spartan Motors, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 16 April 2020. 50 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Spartan Motors, Inc. (Spartan) is recalling certain 2020-2021 FLT Utilimaster Truck Body vehicles. The license plate lamp may be installed in the incorrect position and at an incorrect angle, causing the plate to not be properly illuminated. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor … 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 Spartan's own number for this recall: 20-05. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V216 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. 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: “The incorrectly positioned license plate lamp may cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a crash.” 20V216 Spartan Motors, Inc. Exterior Lighting 16 April 2020 2020-2021 UTILIMASTER TRUCK BODY The incorrectly positioned license plate lamp may cause confusion to other drivers on the road, increasing the risk of a cra",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T21:06:52+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T17:37:12+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Spartan recall 20V216 (20-05): 2020-2021 FLT Utilimaster Truck Body\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v216/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}