{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Spartan Fire recall 21V899 (21016): 2021-2022 Gladiator, MetroStar and FC-94 Emergency",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v899/",
  "summary": "Recall 21V899 (Spartan Fire): A fractured drive pinion may contact the brake drop hose, and unintentionally engage the parking brake or activate the bra...",
  "excerpt": "Spartan Fire Fc-94, Spartan Fire Gladiator, Spartan Fire Metrostar, model years 2020 to 2022. Filed by Spartan Fire, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 18 November 2021. 260 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Spartan Fire, LLC (Spartan Fire) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Gladiator, MetroStar and FC-94 emergency vehicles. The rear axle drive pinion may fracture. 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 Fire's own number for this recall: 21016. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V899 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: “A fractured drive pinion may contact the brake drop hose, and unintentionally engage the parking brake or activate the brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash.” 21V899 Spartan Fire, LLC Power Train:Axle Assembly 18 November 2021 2020-2022 SPARTAN FIRE FC-94, SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR, SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR A fractured drive pinion may contact the brake drop hose, and unintentionally engage the parking brake or activate the brake lights, increasing the ris",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T22:09:59+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T20:15:19+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Spartan Fire recall 21V899 (21016): 2021-2022 Gladiator, MetroStar and FC-94 Emergency\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v899/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}