{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Custom Fire recall 23V316 (23V156): 2022-2024 Gladiator, Metro Star, FC-94",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v316/",
  "summary": "Recall 23V316 (Custom Fire): Failure to achieve 4th gear lock up may result in unexpected vehicle movement, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition,...",
  "excerpt": "Custom Fire Spartan Metrostar Rt, model year 2023. Filed by Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 4 May 2023. 2 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. (Custom Fire) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Gladiator, Metro Star, FC-94 vehicles. After the fire truck is reversed, the transmission control module (TCM) may fail to achieve the 4th gear transmission lockup needed to initiate the water pump. 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: 23V156. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V316 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: “Failure to achieve 4th gear lock up may result in unexpected vehicle movement, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, the water pump will not operate which can increase the risk of injury in an emergency.” 23V316 Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Control Module (TCM/PCM/Tecm) 4 May 2023 2023-2023 CUSTOM FIRE SPARTAN METROSTAR RT Failure to achieve 4t",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T23:18:47+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T23:02:33+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Custom Fire recall 23V316 (23V156): 2022-2024 Gladiator, Metro Star, FC-94\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v316/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}