Spartan Engine and Engine Cooling: Fan

Spartan is recalling about 571 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. The separated fan blade can result in damage to the engine and/or engine components, and cause personal injury to persons in the immediate area.

Campaign
94V179000
Manufacturer
SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.
Reported
26 September 1994
Vehicles
571
Built between
Oct 1992 – Jun 1994
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
17 October 1994
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 1992 and June 1994. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1992-1994 Spartan KC-2242Built October 1992 to June 1994

What the defect is

The engine cooling fan blade can fatigue and break causing the fan blade to separate from the fan assembly.

What could happen

The separated fan blade can result in damage to the engine and/or engine components, and cause personal injury to persons in the immediate area.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THIS FAN WITH ANOTHER FAN OF MORE DURABLE MATERIAL.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 1992 to June 1994
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA26 September 1994
  3. Owners notified17 October 1994

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 26 September 1994.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
SPARTAN MOTORS, 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

System: engine cooling system; fan.vehicle description: motorhome chassis.note: if the vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and the remedy is not provided free of charge within a reasonable time or the remedy does not correct the defect, please contact spartan at 1-517-543-6400. Also, contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

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.

Same component

Same brand