Dennis Eagle Elite, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Dennis Eagle Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 19 December 2018. 5 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Dennis Eagle Inc. (Dennis Eagle) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Dennis Eagle Elite refuse trucks equipped with reverse alarm mute switches. Using the reverse alarm mute switch will prevent the truck from beeping when the vehicle is in reverse.
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.
Dennis Eagle's own number for this recall: FSI 1240. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V895 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 18V895 cover?
- Dennis Eagle Elite, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Dennis Eagle Inc. (Dennis Eagle) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Dennis Eagle Elite refuse trucks equipped with reverse alarm mute switches. Using the reverse alarm mute switch will prevent the truck from beeping when the vehicle is in reverse.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the reverse alarm is muted, pedestrians may not realize the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dennis Eagle will notify owners, and dealers will remove the reverse alarm mute switch and install a blanking plate, free of charge. The recall began January 21, 2019. Owners may contact Dennis Eagle customer service at 1-813-440-8136. Dennis Eagle's number for this recall is FSI 1240.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Dennis Eagle calls this recall FSI 1240, 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 reverse alarm is muted, pedestrians may not realize the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V895 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Dennis Eagle Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 December 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | DENNIS EAGLE ELITE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the reverse alarm is muted, pedestrians may not realize the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dennis Eagle will notify owners, and dealers will remove the reverse alarm mute switch and install a blanking plate, free of charge. The recall began January 21, 2019. Owners may contact Dennis Eagle customer service at 1-813-440-8136. Dennis Eagle's number for this recall is FSI 1240.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V895, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v895/
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 Dennis Eagle notices we hold
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- 23V089: 2020-2023 Proview
- 22V645: 2021-2022 Proview Dual Steer
- 22V017: 2017-2021 Elite and Proview
- 21V941: 2017-2021 Elite and Proview
- 21V279: 2017-2021 Elite and Proview
- 21V278: 2017-2021 Elite and Proview
All 13 Dennis Eagle 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 18V895 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
bda918b4 - Consequence
e067779d - 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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