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Spartan recall 11V187: Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar (2008 to 2011)

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Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar, model years 2008 to 2011. Filed by Spartan Chassis, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 21 March 2011. 12 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Spartan is recalling certain model year 2008, 2010, and 2011 gladiator, as well as model year 2010 metrostar vehicles manufactured from march 4, 2009 through february 22, 2011, and equipped with gunite automatic slack adjusters. due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural …

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 11V187 cover?
Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar, model years 2008-2011.
What is wrong with them?
SPARTAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008, 2010, AND 2011 GLADIATOR, AS WELL AS MODEL YEAR 2010 METROSTAR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 4, 2009 THROUGH FEBRUARY 22, 2011, AND EQUIPPED WITH GUNITE AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTERS.
What can happen if it is not put right?
SLACK ADJUSTERS WITH THIS FLOW NOTCH COULD CRACK UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. SPARTAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SUBJECT SLACK ADJUSTERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN DURING MARCH 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SPARTAN CHASSIS AT 1-800-543-5008, OPTION 5.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

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: “SLACK ADJUSTERS WITH THIS FLOW NOTCH COULD CRACK UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.”

12vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 21 March 2011owners told 29 March 2011today
The defect reached the regulator on 21 March 2011. Owners were written to 8 days later, on 29 March 2011. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign11V187
Filed bySPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.
System at faultService Brakes, Air:Slack Adjusters:Automatic
Reported to NHTSA21 March 2011
Model years2008-2011
Vehicles namedSPARTAN GLADIATOR, SPARTAN METROSTAR

What the notice says today

The consequence

SLACK ADJUSTERS WITH THIS FLOW NOTCH COULD CRACK UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

The remedy

SPARTAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SUBJECT SLACK ADJUSTERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN DURING MARCH 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SPARTAN CHASSIS AT 1-800-543-5008, OPTION 5.

What it said before

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 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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