{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Custom Fire recall 22V316: Custom Fire Spartan Gladiator, Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar, Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar RT (2021 to 2022)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22v316/",
  "summary": "Recall 22V316 (Custom Fire): A fractured drive pinion may contact the brake drop hose, and unintentionally engage the parking brake without detection or...",
  "excerpt": "Custom Fire Spartan Gladiator, Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar, Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar Rt, model years 2021 to 2022. Filed by Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 9 May 2022. 5 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. (Custom Fire) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Spartan Gladiator, MetroStar, and MetroStar-RT 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 Custom Fire's own number for this recall: 21V-899. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 22V316 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 without detection or without the brake lights activating, increasing the risk of a crash.” 22V316 Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. Power Train:Axle Assembly 9 May 2022 2021-2022 CUSTOM FIRE SPARTAN GLADIATOR, CUSTOM FIRE SPARTAN METROSTAR, CUSTOM FIRE SPARTAN METROSTAR RT A fractured drive pinion may contac",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T22:32:19+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T21:11:17+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Custom Fire recall 22V316: Custom Fire Spartan Gladiator, Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar, Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar RT (2021 to 2022)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22v316/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}