Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar, model years 2019 to 2020. Filed by SVI Trucks and reported to NHTSA on 20 March 2020. 4 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says SVI Trucks is recalling certain 2019-2020 Spartan Fire Gladiator and MetroStar Emergency Response vehicles modified by SVI Trucks. The park brake control line may loosen and possibly come out the fitting while the vehicle is in motion. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor …
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Svi Trucks's own number for this recall: 20V138. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V163 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 20V163 cover?
- Spartan Gladiator, Spartan Metrostar, model years 2019-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- SVI Trucks is recalling certain 2019-2020 Spartan Fire Gladiator and MetroStar Emergency Response vehicles modified by SVI Trucks. The park brake control line may loosen and possibly come out the fitting while the vehicle is in motion.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the air line comes out of the fitting while the vehicle is in motion, the park brake can inadvertently be applied and the vehicle could suddenly decelerate, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. SVI dealers will inspect and properly tighten the park brake control line, free of charge. All of the vehicles will be repaired before being delivered to customers, free of charge. Owners may contact SVI dealers customer service at 1-888-784-1112. SVI Truck's number for this recall is 20V138.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Svi Trucks calls this recall 20V138, 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 air line comes out of the fitting while the vehicle is in motion, the park brake can inadvertently be applied and the vehicle could suddenly decelerate, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V163 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | SVI Trucks |
| System at fault | Parking Brake |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 March 2020 |
| Model years | 2019-2020 |
| Vehicles named | SPARTAN GLADIATOR, SPARTAN METROSTAR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the air line comes out of the fitting while the vehicle is in motion, the park brake can inadvertently be applied and the vehicle could suddenly decelerate, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
SVI dealers will inspect and properly tighten the park brake control line, free of charge. All of the vehicles will be repaired before being delivered to customers, free of charge. Owners may contact SVI dealers customer service at 1-888-784-1112. SVI Truck's number for this recall is 20V138.
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 175 notices in the record whose component field names parking brake. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 49 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 20V163, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v163/
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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- 21V479: 2017-2021 Rescue Truck
- 20V805: 2020 Fire Rescue Trucks equipped with Weldon V-MUX Vista IV displays
- 19V913: vehicles built on 2019 Spartan Emergency Response MetroStar chassis
All 5 Svi Trucks 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 20V163 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2d42b4ca - Consequence
1aa4a2e3 - 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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