Rosenbauer Fire Apparatus, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Rosenbauer America and reported to NHTSA on 7 December 2018. 319 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Rosenbauer America (Rosenbauer) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Fire Apparatus vehicles, equipped with Whelen accessory brake lights. Depending on the specific wiring of the vehicle, these brake lights may illuminate when the brake pedal has not been pressed. As such these vehicles fail to comply to with the …
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.
Rosenbauer's own number for this recall: 18E-063. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V874 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 18V874 cover?
- Rosenbauer Fire Apparatus, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Rosenbauer America (Rosenbauer) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Fire Apparatus vehicles, equipped with Whelen accessory brake lights. Depending on the specific wiring of the vehicle, these brake lights may illuminate when the brake pedal has not been pressed.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Rosenbauer will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace the brake lights, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 24, 2019. Owners may contact Rosenbauer customer service at 1-651-462-1000. Rosenbauer's number for this recall is 18E-063.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Rosenbauer calls this recall 18E-063, 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 brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V874 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Rosenbauer America |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights |
| Reported to NHTSA | 7 December 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | ROSENBAUER FIRE APPARATUS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Rosenbauer will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace the brake lights, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 24, 2019. Owners may contact Rosenbauer customer service at 1-651-462-1000. Rosenbauer's number for this recall is 18E-063.
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 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
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 Rosenbauer notices we hold
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- 25V475: 2019-2022 Avenger, 2019-2024 Commander, and Warrior fire trucks equipped with an Innovative Controls instrument panel
- 24V604: 2023-2024 Commander fire trucks equipped with certain independent front suspension assemblies
- 23V536: 2020-2022 Commercial F-550, 2022 Commercial M2-106, M2-112, Commercial 567, 2021 Commander, and Avenger
- 22V620: 2022 Commander and 2023 Commercial M2-106 fire trucks
- 22V025: 2021 Commander and Warrior
- 22V001: 2018-2021 Commander, 2018-2020 Warrior, and 2020-2022 Commercial 114SD
- 21V757: 2022 Commercial HV 507, 2020-2021 Commander, and 2021 Panther ARFF
All 21 Rosenbauer 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 18V874 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8050e851 - Consequence
5fe58120 - 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.
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