# NHTSA recall 23V818000

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: 23V818000
- Manufacturer: Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.
- Reported: 2023\-12\-06
- Owners notified: 2024\-01\-24
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 22
- Part numbers: 6030\-2000\-00

## What is wrong

Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. \(KME\) is recalling certain 2020 Severe Service, Predator, and Spartan MetroStar trucks.  In the event of a short circuit or wiring failure, the firmware in the vehicle multiplex system may fail to shut off the output pin, resulting in overloaded electrical circuits.


## What can happen

Overloaded electrical circuits can overheat, increasing the risk of fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will work with the equipment manufacturer to update the firmware, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 24, 2024.  Owners may contact KME customer service at 1\-800\-235\-3928.


## 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: Quarterly report 8, for 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-02\-01
- Vehicles in the campaign: 22
- Reported remedied: 0 \(0%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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 KME PREDATOR
- 2020 KME SEVERE SERVICE
- [2020 SPARTAN FIRE METROSTAR](/makes/spartan-fire/metrostar/2020/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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