- Vehicles
- 1,672
- Built between
- Jul 2006 – Aug 2007
- Models
- 10
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 16 January 2008
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 2006 and August 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2007-2008 Fleetwood American EagleBuilt September 2006 to August 2007
- 2007-2008 Fleetwood American TraditionBuilt August 2006 to August 2007
- 2007-2008 Fleetwood Revolution LEBuilt June 2007 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Spartan MGBuilt July 2006 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Spartan MMBuilt July 2006 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Spartan NGBuilt July 2006 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Spartan SGBuilt July 2006 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Spartan SUBuilt July 2006 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Tiffin Allegro BUSBuilt June 2007 to July 2007
- 2007-2008 Tiffin PhaetonBuilt June 2007 to July 2007
What the defect is
On certain motor home chassis, there may be a loose connection between the bus bar and a grid pad due to the pins being slightly smaller diameters after assembly. Electrical power may be lost to components of the major chassis operating systems (engine, transmission, starting, cooling) causing the vehicle to shut down and/or not be capable of powering up.
What could happen
Each vehicle could potentially experience a unique circumstance where one or a combination of the following conditions could occur: loss of electrical power to the engine, transmission, starting and engine cooling systems, operation of the right chassis stop/turn signal and right trailer stop/turn signal, the anti-lock brake system, auxiliary brake system, the heater elements in the air dryer, and the heater element in the water-in-fuel separator.
What gets fixed
THE DVEC BUSSMANN BOX WILL BE REPLACED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 16, 2008.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 2006 to August 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA15 August 2007
- Owners notified16 January 2008
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 15 August 2007.
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 1-517-543-6400.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 07025
- 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. 07025.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.