Seagrave Heavy Rescue Body, model year 2010. Filed by Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 October 2016. 1 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC (Seagrave) is recalling one model year 2010 Seagrave Heavy Rescue Body Fire Truck manufactured January 5, 2010, to January 19, 2015 and built on a Spartan Motors Metro Star chassis. In the affected vehicle, the power steering fluid may overheat and cause the steering to unexpectedly lock …
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Seagrave's own number for this recall: 15V-687/RSB16-260-00. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V743 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 16V743 cover?
- Seagrave Heavy Rescue Body, model year 2010.
- What is wrong with them?
- Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC (Seagrave) is recalling one model year 2010 Seagrave Heavy Rescue Body Fire Truck manufactured January 5, 2010, to January 19, 2015 and built on a Spartan Motors Metro Star chassis.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the steering locks, there could be a loss of control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Seagrave has notified the owner, and a Spartan Motors service provider will install a cooler to prevent the steering fluid from overheating, free of charge. The recall began October 21, 2016. Owners may contact Seagrave customer service at 1-715-823-2141 or Spartan Motors USA, Inc.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Seagrave calls this recall 15V-687/RSB16-260-00, 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: “If the steering locks, there could be a loss of control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V743 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC |
| System at fault | Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 October 2016 |
| Model years | 2010-2010 |
| Vehicles named | SEAGRAVE HEAVY RESCUE BODY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the steering locks, there could be a loss of control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Seagrave has notified the owner, and a Spartan Motors service provider will install a cooler to prevent the steering fluid from overheating, free of charge. The recall began October 21, 2016. Owners may contact Seagrave customer service at 1-715-823-2141 or Spartan Motors USA, Inc. at 1-800-543-5008. Seagrave's number for this recall is 15V-687/RSB16-260-00.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V743, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v743/
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.
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- Defect summary
58f284bf - Consequence
ba74793f - Remedy
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