# NHTSA recall 23V192000

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: 23V192000
- Manufacturer's number: 23009
- Manufacturer: Spartan Fire, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-03\-23
- Owners notified: 2023\-05\-10
- Component: STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- Units potentially affected: 12
- Part numbers: Unknown

## What is wrong

Spartan Fire, LLC \(Spartan Fire\) is recalling certain 2020, 2022 and 2023 Gladiator and 2023 MetroStar vehicles.  The front\-drive steer axle fasteners may loosen, resulting in a complete separation of the axle assembly joints.


## What can happen

Steer axle assembly separation can result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the pro\-torque nut keeper on the steer axle assembly, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 10, 2023.  Owners may contact Spartan Fire customer service at 1\-517\-543\-6400.  Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 23009.


## 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: 12
- Reported remedied: 0 \(0%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 9

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

- [2020 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2020/recalls.md)
- [2022 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2023/recalls.md)
- [2023 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2023/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [TSB24\-260\-001](/bulletins/11008087.md), 2024-09-28, Service bulletin
- [TSB23\-260\-001](/bulletins/10249131.md), 2024-01-22, Service bulletin
- [CSB23\-260\-001](/bulletins/10237768.md), 2023-06-13, Service bulletin

## 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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