Spartan Fuel System, Gasoline: Tank Assembly

Spartan is recalling about 25 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, gasoline. The fuel tanks are incorrectly marked.

Campaign
98V157000
Manufacturer
SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.
Reported
16 July 1998
Vehicles
25
Built between
Jun 1996 – Oct 1996
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
1 December 1998
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 1996 and October 1996. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1996 Spartan CT2242Built June 1996 to October 1996

What the defect is

Vehicle description: cement mixers. The fuel tanks are marked as a non-side mounted application and should be marked for a side mounted fuel tank.

What could happen

The fuel tanks are incorrectly marked.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE 49 GALLON RECTANGULAR FUEL TANK WITH A 50 GALLON ROUND ALUMINUM FUEL TANK.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 1996 to October 1996
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA16 July 1998
  3. Owners notified1 December 1998

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 16 July 1998.

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

Owner notification began december 1, 1998. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not have the free remedy performed within a reasonable time should contact spartan at 1-800-722-3025.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

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