Alexis Fire Equipment Fire Apparatus, model years 2015 to 2020. Filed by Alexis Fire Equipment Company and reported to NHTSA on 16 August 2021. 49 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Alexis Fire Equipment Company (Alexis Fire) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Alexis Fire Equipment emergency vehicles equipped with Code 3 7x9 Stop-Tail-Turn Reverse All-in-One LED lights. The lights may be too bright, exceeding the maximum light output allowed which may adversely affect the vision of drivers. As such, …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V641 cover?
- Alexis Fire Equipment Fire Apparatus, model years 2015-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Alexis Fire Equipment Company (Alexis Fire) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Alexis Fire Equipment emergency vehicles equipped with Code 3 7x9 Stop-Tail-Turn Reverse All-in-One LED lights.
- 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. Alexis Fire will notify owners, and provide instructions on how to obtain a filter kit from the light manufacturer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 8, 2021. Owners may contact Alexis Fire's customer service at 1-309-482-6121.
- 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 | 21V641 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Alexis Fire Equipment Company |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 August 2021 |
| Model years | 2015-2020 |
| Vehicles named | ALEXIS FIRE EQUIPMENT FIRE APPARATUS |
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
Alexis Fire will notify owners, and provide instructions on how to obtain a filter kit from the light manufacturer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 8, 2021. Owners may contact Alexis Fire's customer service at 1-309-482-6121.
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
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 21V641, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v641/
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Other Alexis Fire Equipment notices we hold
- 26V029: a 2022 and a 2024 tanker truck built on Freightliner M2 chassis
- 25V706: 2020-2025 Pumper, 2024 Rescue, and 2020-2024 Tanker fire trucks built on Spartan chassis
- 24V009: 2022-2023 Apparatus fire trucks equipped with Weldon 8X16 Input-Output nodes
- 23V748: 2021-2024 Fire Apparatus
- 23V190: 2022 Emergency Utility, Flatbed Brush, and 300 Gallon Mini Pumper Fire Apparatus
- 22V879: 2021-2023 Spartan Metro Star, FC-94 fire trucks
All 7 Alexis Fire Equipment campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
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