Braun Ambulances Chief Xl Type I, Braun Ambulances Express Plus Type I, Braun Ambulances Liberty Type I, Braun Ambulances Rmt Us I, Braun Ambulances Select Chief Xl I, model years 2023 to 2026. Filed by Braun Industries, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 9 October 2025. 413 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Braun Industries, Inc. (Braun Ambulances) is recalling certain 2023-2026 Chief XL Type I, Express Plus Type I, Liberty Type I, RMT US Type I, and Select Chief XL Type I ambulances. The brake pedal switch may have been damaged, preventing the cruise control from disengaging when the brake is depressed. As such, these …
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Braun Ambulances's own number for this recall: 2025-1. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 25V677 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 25V677 cover?
- Braun Ambulances Chief XL Type I, Braun Ambulances Express Plus Type I, Braun Ambulances Liberty Type I, Braun Ambulances RMT Us I, Braun Ambulances Select Chief XL I, model years 2023-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Braun Industries, Inc. (Braun Ambulances) is recalling certain 2023-2026 Chief XL Type I, Express Plus Type I, Liberty Type I, RMT US Type I, and Select Chief XL Type I ambulances.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Failure to turn off the cruise control may cause unexpected acceleration as the brake is released, increasing the risk of crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Braun Ambulances will replace the brake switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 27, 2025. Owners may contact Braun Ambulances' customer service at 1-877-344-9990. Braun Ambulances number for this recall is 2025-1.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Braun Ambulances calls this recall 2025-1, 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: “Failure to turn off the cruise control may cause unexpected acceleration as the brake is released, increasing the risk of crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V677 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Braun Industries, Inc. |
| System at fault | Vehicle Speed Control:Cruise Control |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 October 2025 |
| Model years | 2023-2026 |
| Vehicles named | BRAUN AMBULANCES CHIEF XL TYPE I, BRAUN AMBULANCES EXPRESS PLUS TYPE I, BRAUN AMBULANCES LIBERTY TYPE I, BRAUN AMBULANCES RMT US I, BRAUN AMBULANCES SELECT CHIEF XL I |
What the notice says today
The defect
Braun Industries, Inc. (Braun Ambulances) is recalling certain 2023-2026 Chief XL Type I, Express Plus Type I, Liberty Type I, RMT US Type I, and Select Chief XL Type I ambulances. The brake pedal switch may have been damaged, preventing the cruise control from disengaging when the brake is depressed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 105, "Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems" and 124, "Accelerator Control Systems."
The consequence
Failure to turn off the cruise control may cause unexpected acceleration as the brake is released, increasing the risk of crash.
The remedy
Braun Ambulances will replace the brake switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 27, 2025. Owners may contact Braun Ambulances' customer service at 1-877-344-9990. Braun Ambulances number for this recall is 2025-1.
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 a6ee0c4046f6e2da3e359dca3750fd1e…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 93 notices in the record whose component field names vehicle speed control. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Braun Ambulances Chief XL Type I recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Braun Ambulances Express Plus Type I recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Braun Ambulances Liberty Type I recalls: 8 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V677, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v677/
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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 Braun Ambulances notices we hold
- 26V098: 2025-2026 Demers FXP174 ambulances
- 25V914: 2021-2026 Chief XL I, Chief XL III, 2021-2025 Express Plus I, Liberty I, 2025 Express III, Select Chief XL I, and Super Chief I emergency
- 25V327: 2016-2018 Demers MXP150E, MX164E, 2016-2024 Transit TSE, 2024 Transit TXE, and 2018- 2020 Demers Ambulances
- 24V307: 2023-2024 Chief XL I, Chief XL III, Express Plus I, Express III, and Liberty I
- 22V370: 2021 Chief XL Type I, 2020 TLC, and Express Plus ambulances
- 21V740: 2020 Demers Ambulances MXP153 Ford F-Series Gas, MXP153 Dodge Ram, and 2020-2021 MXP153 Ford F-Series Diesel emergency
- 21V183: 2019 and 2021 MX170E Ford E-Series, and 2019-2020 MXP170E Dodge Ram 5500 Demers Ambulance
All 8 Braun Ambulances 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 25V677 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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