Maintainer Service Brakes

Maintainer is recalling about 1 vehicle over a problem with the service brakes. An increase in stopping distance increases the risk of crash.

Campaign
19V890000
Manufacturer
Maintainer Corporation of Iowa, Inc.
Reported
12 December 2019
Vehicles
1
Built between
Jul 2019 – Aug 2019
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 December 2019
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2019 and August 2019. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2019 Maintainer Custom BodyBuilt July 2019 to August 2019

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q4 2019.

100% repaired — 1 of 1 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

Maintainer Corporation of Iowa, Inc. (Maintainer) is recalling one 2019 Custom Bodies Heavy Rescue emergency response vehicle. The brake relay valve may have an air flow restriction, which may result in an extended stopping distance.

What could happen

An increase in stopping distance increases the risk of crash.

What gets fixed

Maintainer has notified the owner, and a Spartan dealer will inspect and replace the valve, free of charge. The recall began on December 20, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2019 to August 2019
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 December 2019
  3. Owners notified20 December 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2019 — 100% 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 12 December 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 Maintainer customer service at 1-800-831-8588 or Spartan customer service at 1-800-543-5008.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
Spartan 19V-360
Recalling manufacturer
Maintainer Corporation of Iowa, Inc.
Safety standard
FMVSS 121
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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