The defect
Spartan Motors USA (Spartan) is recalling certain 2017-2018 K3 and K4 motor home chassis and Gladiator emergency response chassis cabs equipped with Cummins ISX 15L engines. These engines have a fuel pump whose drive gear could possibly slip on its drive shaft, causing a fuel pump function loss, resulting in an engine stall.
The risk
An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Spartan will notify the final stage manufacturers that used these chassis or the vehicle purchaser, and Cummins dealers will replace the fuel pumps, free of charge. The recall began on July 12, 2017. Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-286-6467 or Spartan customer service at 1-800-543-5008. Spartan's number for this recall is 17015.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Spartan Gladiator | 2017, 2018 |
| Spartan K3 | 2017, 2018 |
| Spartan K4 | 2017, 2018 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartan Gladiator | 2017 | 0 | 15 |
| Spartan Gladiator | 2018 | 0 | 13 |
| Spartan K3 | 2017 | 0 | 7 |
| Spartan K3 | 2018 | 0 | 6 |
| Spartan K4 | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| Spartan K4 | 2018 | 0 | 4 |
Other fuel system, diesel recalls in 2017
12 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the fuel system, diesel; Spartan Motors USA filed 55 campaigns in all.
| 17V780000 6 Dec 2017 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 17V618000 4 Oct 2017 | Prevost Cars, Inc. |
| 17V581000 20 Sept 2017 | Rosenbauer Motors |
| 17V406000 14 Aug 2017 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 17V450000 19 Jul 2017 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 17V443000 13 Jul 2017 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 17V441000 13 Jul 2017 | Entegra Coach |
| 17V413000 29 Jun 2017 | Newmar Corporation |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017