- Vehicles
- 5,698
- Built between
- Mar 2001 – Oct 2001
- Models
- 7
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- 5 October 2001
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2001 and October 2001. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Fireray 280701-02Built March 2001 to October 2001
- Fireray 280701-05Built March 2001 to October 2001
- Fireray GS5-ABuilt March 2001 to October 2001
- Fireray GS5-BBuilt March 2001 to October 2001
- Fireray GS5-CBuilt March 2001 to October 2001
- Fireray GS5-GBuilt March 2001 to October 2001
- Fireray GS5-RBuilt March 2001 to October 2001
What the defect is
Equipment description: emergency (fireray) strobe warning lights for use on fire trucks and ambulances part nos. GS5-R, GS5-A, GS5-B, GS5-C, GGS5-G, GS2FCZR-R, GS2FCZR-B, 280701-02, and 280701-05 manufactured between march 1 and october 4, 2001. The strobe light's housing was made from an electrically conductive material and a person could receive a severe electrical shock if they came in contact with a vehicle operating the fireray strobe lights.
What could happen
This condition could be life-threatening should a small child or a person with a heart condition experience a severe electrical shock. Also, a possible fire hazard exists.
What gets fixed
FEDERAL SIGNAL WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS TO RETURN THE DEFECTIVE LIGHTS FOR A REPLACEMENT FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 5, 2001.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2001 to October 2001
- Recall reported to NHTSA23 October 2001
- Owners notified5 October 2001
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 October 2001.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact federal signal's service department at 800-433-9132.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.