# NHTSA recall 22V778000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 22V778000
- Manufacturer's number: 22007
- Manufacturer: Spartan Fire, LLC
- Reported: 2022\-10\-17
- Owners notified: 2022\-12\-02
- Component: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 225
- Part numbers: Unknown

## What is wrong

Spartan Fire, LLC \(Spartan Fire\) is recalling certain 2021\-2023 Gladiator, MetroStar, FC\-94, and KME Panther emergency vehicles.  The tie rod clamps may have been improperly heat\-treated, causing them to fail and allowing the tie rods to separate.


## What can happen

Tie rod separation can result in a sudden loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the tie rod clamps, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on December 2, 2022.  Owners may contact Spartan Fire's customer service at 1\-517\-543\-6400.  Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 22007.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 1, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 225
- Reported remedied: 101 \(44%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 44

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2021 KME PANTHER
- 2022 KME redundant PANTHER
- 2023 KME redundant PANTHER
- [2021 SPARTAN FIRE FC\-94](/makes/spartan-fire/fc-94/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 SPARTAN FIRE FC\-94](/makes/spartan-fire/fc-94/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE FC\-94](/makes/spartan-fire/fc-94/2023/recalls.md)
- [2021 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2023/recalls.md)
- [2021 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2023/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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