# NHTSA recall 23V389000

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: 23V389000
- Manufacturer's number: 23011
- Manufacturer: Spartan Fire, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-06\-01
- Owners notified: 2023\-07\-20
- Component: EQUIPMENT
- Units potentially affected: 5
- Part numbers: 1016644

## What is wrong

Spartan Fire, LLC \(Spartan Fire\) is recalling certain 2018\-2019, 2021 Gladiator and 2020 MetroStar emergency vehicles.  The rope rescue anchor point \(hoist ring\) may have been improperly assembled, which can allow a hinge pin to separate from the ring.


## What can happen

Hinge pin separation from the hoist ring can result in hoist ring failure and increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the hoist rings, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed July 20, 2023.  Owners may contact Spartan Fire customer service at 1\-517\-543\-640.  Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 23011.


## 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 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5
- Reported remedied: 1 \(20%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- 2018 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR
- 2019 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR
- [2021 SPARTAN FIRE GLADIATOR](/makes/spartan-fire/gladiator/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2020/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.

- [TSB21\-250\-003A](/bulletins/10209037.md), 2022-03-14, Service bulletin
- [TSB21250003](/bulletins/10203393.md), 2021-11-08, Service bulletin
- [CSB21350001](/bulletins/10202552.md), 2021-10-25, Service bulletin
- [TSB21\-160\-003](/bulletins/10198160.md), 2021-06-21, Service bulletin
- [TSB21\-160\-001](/bulletins/10198159.md), 2021-06-21, Service bulletin
- [TSB20\-330\-003](/bulletins/10184289.md), 2020-12-14, Service bulletin
- [CSB20\-560\-004](/bulletins/10182944.md), 2020-11-23, 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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