Oshkosh Exterior Lighting

Oshkosh is recalling about 241 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. Strobe lights in this location may be wrongly interpreted when signaling others, increasing the risk of crash.

Campaign
19V092000
Manufacturer
Oshkosh Corporation
Reported
15 February 2019
Vehicles
241
Built between
May 2014 – Sep 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
10 April 2019
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
14

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2014 and September 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2014-2019 Oshkosh S-SeriesBuilt May 2014 to September 2018

Repair progress

14 of 241 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

94% repaired — 227 of 241 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh) is recalling certain 2014-2019 S-Series Glider vehicles equipped with a strobe light package in the rear fender. The strobe lights may have been incorrectly located in the rear fender marker light position, potentially causing confusion for other drivers. As a result, the vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective devices, and associated Equipment."

What could happen

Strobe lights in this location may be wrongly interpreted when signaling others, increasing the risk of crash.

What gets fixed

Oshkosh will notify owners, and replace the strobe lamp with a steady burning lamp, free of charge. The recall began April 10, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2014 to September 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA15 February 2019
  3. Owners notified10 April 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 94% repaired

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 February 2019.

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 Oshkosh customer service at 1-888-686-7278.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Oshkosh Corporation
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
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

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.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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