Spartan Steering: Column

Spartan is recalling about 2 vehicles over a problem with the steering. The reduced engagement of the column tubing may limit the driver's capability to control the steering increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
06V200000
Manufacturer
SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.
Reported
8 June 2006
Vehicles
2
Built between
Mar 2006 – Apr 2006
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 2006 and April 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2007 Spartan K224360-025Built March 2006 to April 2006

What the defect is

On certain motor homes equipped with trw manual steering columns, the steering column has an incorrect bushing that does not properly limit the travel of the steering column.

What could happen

The reduced engagement of the column tubing may limit the driver's capability to control the steering increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

TRW SERVICE CENTERS, FREE OF CHARGE, WILL REPLACE THE BUSHING TO ENSURE PROPER ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN TUBES.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 2006 to April 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA8 June 2006

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

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 8 June 2006.

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 may contact spartan at 1-800-543-4277, option #1.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
06014
Recalling manufacturer
SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

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

Spartan recall no. 06014.CUSTOMERS may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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.

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