Oshkosh S-Series, model years 2024 to 2025. Filed by Oshkosh Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 10 April 2025. 469 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh) is recalling certain 2024-2025 S-Series vehicles. The front axle housing wall thickness may not be sufficient and can cause the axle to fail.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V228 cover?
- Oshkosh S-Series, model years 2024-2025.
- What is wrong with them?
- Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh) is recalling certain 2024-2025 S-Series vehicles. The front axle housing wall thickness may not be sufficient and can cause the axle to fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Front axle failure can cause a sudden loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Oshkosh will inspect and replace the front axles as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 30, 2025. Owners may contact Oshkosh customer service at 1-833-304-8100.
- 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: “Front axle failure can cause a sudden loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V228 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Oshkosh Corporation |
| System at fault | Power Train:Axle Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 April 2025 |
| Model years | 2024-2025 |
| Vehicles named | OSHKOSH S-SERIES |
What the notice says today
The defect
Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh) is recalling certain 2024-2025 S-Series vehicles. The front axle housing wall thickness may not be sufficient and can cause the axle to fail.
The consequence
Front axle failure can cause a sudden loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Oshkosh will inspect and replace the front axles as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 30, 2025. Owners may contact Oshkosh customer service at 1-833-304-8100.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to d2304747612516bb8701b4a6a1dce6d5…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 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 25V228, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v228/
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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 Oshkosh notices we hold
- 25V224: 2025 Defense NGDV ICE 2WD, AWD, and BEV 2WD
- 25V192: 2024-2025 ICE 2WD, ICE AWD, and BEV 2WD Next Generation delivery
- 25E006: aftermarket Electronic Throttle Pedal Assemblies with part number A000F675
- 24V928: 2025 Defense NGDV ICE
- 24V917: 2022-2024 S-Series
- 24V471: Oshkosh Defense NGDV ICE
- 24E041: Shepphard Steering Gears, with part number 3875726, sold as replacement parts for certain S-Series
- 22V378: 2019-2022 S-Series 2
All 29 Oshkosh 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 25V228 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2699fb4d - Consequence
87828f16 - 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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