Kme Predator, Kme Predator Panther, Kme Predator Ss, Kme Predator Xl, model years 2010 to 2011. Filed by Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp and reported to NHTSA on 4 June 2012. 78 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kovatch mobile equipment corporation (kme) is recalling certain 2010-2011 predator, predator ss, predator panther, and predator xl emergency vehicles manufactured from march 1, 2010 through october 10, 2011, equipped with feature code 04azx meritor wabco electronic stability control (esc) units. under certain road and …
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.
Kme's own number for this recall: L-02. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V253 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V253 cover?
- Kme Predator, Kme Predator Panther, Kme Predator SS, Kme Predator XL, model years 2010-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (KME) IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2010-2011 PREDATOR, PREDATOR SS, PREDATOR PANTHER, AND PREDATOR XL EMERGENCY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 1, 2010 THROUGH OCTOBER 10, 2011, EQUIPPED WITH FEATURE CODE 04AZX MERITOR WABCO ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) UNITS.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- THE VEHICLE MAY DEVIATE FROM THE INTENDED LINE OF TRAVEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. KME WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW ESC MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 5, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KME AT 1-570-669-5154.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Kme calls this recall L-02, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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 VEHICLE MAY DEVIATE FROM THE INTENDED LINE OF TRAVEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V253 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT CORP |
| System at fault | Electronic Stability Control (ESC) |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 June 2012 |
| Model years | 2010-2011 |
| Vehicles named | KME PREDATOR, KME PREDATOR PANTHER, KME PREDATOR SS, KME PREDATOR XL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
THE VEHICLE MAY DEVIATE FROM THE INTENDED LINE OF TRAVEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
KME WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW ESC MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 5, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KME AT 1-570-669-5154.
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 84 notices in the record whose component field names electronic stability control (esc). Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kme Predator recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Kme Predator Panther recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Kme Predator SS recalls: 11 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V253, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v253/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Kme notices we hold
- 24V363: 2022-2023 Predator fire trucks
- 23V818: 2020 Severe Service, Predator, and Spartan MetroStar trucks
- 23V798: 2021-2023 Predator, Panther, and Severe Service fire trucks
- 22V607: 2021-2022 KME Predator, Panther, and Severe Service fire trucks equipped with Sheppard Steering Gears
- 21V960: 2020-2021 Predator and 2020-2022 Severe Service
- 21V905: 2022 Predator, Predator Panther and 2021-2022 Severe Service emergency
- 21V333: 2012-2021 KME Custom Chassis
- 21V100: 2001-2020 TDA tractor-drawn aerial firetrucks
All 36 Kme campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12V253 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
04d7368b - Consequence
31d0f5d4 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 12V253 · how the whole register is watched
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