# NHTSA recall 23V156000

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: 23V156000
- Manufacturer's number: 23007
- Manufacturer: Spartan Fire, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-03\-23
- Owners notified: 2023\-04\-27
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)
- Units potentially affected: 166

## What is wrong

Spartan Fire LLC \(Spartan Fire\) is recalling certain 2022\-2024 Gladiator, Metro Star, FC\-94 and KME Panther firetrucks.  After the vehicle is reversed, the transmission control module \(TCM\) may fail to achieve the 4th gear lockup needed to initiate the water pump.


## What can happen

A firetruck that is unable to pump water increases the risk of injury during a fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the TCM software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed April 27, 2023.  Owners may contact Spartan Fire customer service at 1\-517\-543\-6400.  Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 23007.


## 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 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 166
- Reported remedied: 129 \(77%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 18

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, 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

- 2022 KME redundant PANTHER
- 2023 KME redundant PANTHER
- 2024 KME redundant PANTHER
- [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)
- [2024 SPARTAN FIRE FC\-94](/makes/spartan-fire/fc-94/2024/recalls.md)
- [2022 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2024/recalls.md)
- [2022 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2024/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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