Kme Commercial Pumper, Kme Commercial Rescue, Kme Commercial Skid, Kme Commercial Tanker, Kme Commercial Wildland, Kme Predator Panther Aerial, model years 2015 to 2021. Filed by Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. and reported to NHTSA on 18 August 2020. 38 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2017-2020 Commercial Pumper and Predator SS Rescue, 2018 Predator Panther Pumper and Commercial Skid, 2018-2020 Predator SS Aerial, 2020 Predator Panther Tanker, 2016 Predator Panther Aerial and Commercial Rescue, 2015-2019 Commercial Tanker, 2018-2019 …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V487 cover?
- Kme Commercial Pumper, Kme Commercial Rescue, Kme Commercial Skid, Kme Commercial Tanker, Kme Commercial Wildland, Kme Predator Panther Aerial, Kme Predator Panther Pumper, Kme Predator Panther Tanker, model years 2015-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2017-2020 Commercial Pumper and Predator SS Rescue, 2018 Predator Panther Pumper and Commercial Skid, 2018-2020 Predator SS Aerial, 2020 Predator Panther Tanker, 2016 Predator Panther Aerial and Commercial Rescue, 2015-2019 Commercial...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The excessive brightness may affect the vision of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. KME will notify owners, and dealers will instruct vehicle owners to contact Code 3 to obtain a filter kit (Part No. CZ0199), free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2020. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.
- 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: “The excessive brightness may affect the vision of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V487 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 August 2020 |
| Model years | 2015-2021 |
| Vehicles named | KME COMMERCIAL PUMPER, KME COMMERCIAL RESCUE, KME COMMERCIAL SKID, KME COMMERCIAL TANKER, KME COMMERCIAL WILDLAND, KME PREDATOR PANTHER AERIAL, KME PREDATOR PANTHER PUMPER, KME PREDATOR PANTHER TANKER, KME PREDATOR SS AERIAL, KME PREDATOR SS CHASSIS, KME PREDATOR SS PUMPER, KME PREDATOR SS RESCUE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The excessive brightness may affect the vision of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
KME will notify owners, and dealers will instruct vehicle owners to contact Code 3 to obtain a filter kit (Part No. CZ0199), free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2020. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.
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.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Kme Commercial Pumper recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Kme Commercial Rescue recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Kme Commercial Tanker recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Kme Commercial Wildland recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Kme Predator Panther Aerial recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Kme Predator Panther Pumper recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Kme Predator Panther Tanker recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Kme Predator SS Aerial recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Kme Predator SS Pumper recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Kme Predator SS Rescue recalls: 4 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V487, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v487/
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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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 20V487 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
59ce8604 - Consequence
15ac98b7 - Remedy
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