Spartan Fire Gladiator, Spartan Fire Metrostar, model years 2009 to 2021. Filed by Marion Body Works Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 26 July 2021. 52 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Marion Body Works Inc. is recalling certain 2009-2021 Gladiator and MetroStar emergency vehicles. The pump shift solenoid may corrode internally, causing a loss of power to the pump control module.
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.
Marion Body Works's own number for this recall: 21V-329. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V567 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 21V567 cover?
- Spartan Fire Gladiator, Spartan Fire Metrostar, model years 2009-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Marion Body Works Inc. is recalling certain 2009-2021 Gladiator and MetroStar emergency vehicles. The pump shift solenoid may corrode internally, causing a loss of power to the pump control module.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of power to the pump control module can cause a loss of water pressure for fighting fires, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the solenoids, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on August 13, 2021. Owners may contact Marion Body Works customer service at 1-715-754-5261. Marion Body Works number for this recall is 21V-329.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Marion Body Works calls this recall 21V-329, 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: “A loss of power to the pump control module can cause a loss of water pressure for fighting fires, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V567 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Marion Body Works Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Emergency:Fire Supression |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 July 2021 |
| Model years | 2009-2021 |
| Vehicles named | SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR, SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loss of power to the pump control module can cause a loss of water pressure for fighting fires, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the solenoids, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on August 13, 2021. Owners may contact Marion Body Works customer service at 1-715-754-5261. Marion Body Works number for this recall is 21V-329.
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 21V567, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v567/
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 Marion Body Works notices we hold
- 26V521: 2025 Pumper fire engines, equipped with certain Weldon UV800 Display Unit user interfaces
- 26E034: Waltco MDV series liftgates installed on Morgan aluminum dry vans
- 25V758: 2024-2025 Spartan Fire FC-94, Gladiator, and Metrostar
- 25V009: 2024 Spartan Fire Metro Star
- 24V007: 2024 Spartan Fire MetroStar
- 23V366: 2022 Gladiator and 2023 MetroStar emergency
- 22V172: one 2018 International SR525 emergency vehicle equipped with feature codes 12VXT or 12VXU
- 22V019: 2021-2022 Spartan Gladiator, MetroStar, and MetroStar-RT
All 15 Marion Body Works campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
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