The defect
Spartan Motors, Inc. (Spartan) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Utilimaster Walk-in vans and truck body vehicles manufactured January 21, 2014, to March 12, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a back up camera system which may display images from the camera in reverse.
The risk
If an object or person are on the left side of the screen but are actually on the right side of the vehicle, or vice versa, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Spartan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace any camera that is not displaying the correct images. The recall began on June 24, 2015. Owners may contact Spartan customer service at 1-800-582-3454.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Utilimaster Truck Body | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Utilimaster Walk-IN Van | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Components: BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utilimaster Truck Body | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| Utilimaster Truck Body | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Utilimaster Truck Body | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Utilimaster Truck Body | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Utilimaster Walk-IN Van | 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| Utilimaster Walk-IN Van | 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| Utilimaster Walk-IN Van | 2014 | 0 | 6 |
| Utilimaster Walk-IN Van | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
Other back over prevention recalls in 2015
5 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the back over prevention; Spartan Motors, Inc. filed 41 campaigns in all.
| 15V526000 18 Aug 2015 | Turtle Top |
| 15V513000 13 Aug 2015 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 15V488000 5 Aug 2015 | Ameritrans Bus, Inc. |
| 15V478000 30 Jul 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015