Rosenbauer Commander, model years 2016 to 2019. Filed by Rosenbauer America and reported to NHTSA on 25 February 2020. 1 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Rosenbauer Motors (Rosenbauer) is recalling one 2018 Commander emergency vehicle equipped with Smart Foam 6.5-12 systems. The foam pump system can overheat and fail, causing fire fighting foam chemical to be unavailable to fight a fire.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V108 cover?
- Rosenbauer Commander, model years 2016-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Rosenbauer Motors (Rosenbauer) is recalling one 2018 Commander emergency vehicle equipped with Smart Foam 6.5-12 systems. The foam pump system can overheat and fail, causing fire fighting foam chemical to be unavailable to fight a fire.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fire fighting foam chemical injection is unavailable, it can impact the fire fighting and/or vapor mitigation efforts, which increases the risk of injury to bystanders and emergency personnel.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Rosenbauer will notify the owner, and a dealer will replace the SmartFoam 6.5 12 volt systems with SmartFoam 6.5 24 volt systems and a voltage converter, free of charge. The recall began March 10, 2020. Owners may contact Rosenbauer customer service at 1-651-462-1000.
- 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: “If the fire fighting foam chemical injection is unavailable, it can impact the fire fighting and/or vapor mitigation efforts, which increases the risk of injury to bystanders and emergency personnel.”
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in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V108 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Rosenbauer America |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 25 February 2020 |
| Model years | 2016-2019 |
| Vehicles named | ROSENBAUER COMMANDER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fire fighting foam chemical injection is unavailable, it can impact the fire fighting and/or vapor mitigation efforts, which increases the risk of injury to bystanders and emergency personnel.
The remedy
Rosenbauer will notify the owner, and a dealer will replace the SmartFoam 6.5 12 volt systems with SmartFoam 6.5 24 volt systems and a voltage converter, free of charge. The recall began March 10, 2020. Owners may contact Rosenbauer customer service at 1-651-462-1000.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 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
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V108, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v108/
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.
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Other Rosenbauer notices we hold
- 26V504: 2024-2025 Commander, 2026 Commercial M2-106, and Commercial HV507 emergency
- 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
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