The defect
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest) is recalling certain 2021-2022 All-Poly Series fire trucks fire trucks equipped with a split-shaft transmission. The Class1 Es-Key multiplex system software may prevent shifting between road-to-pump and pump-to-road modes.
The risk
The inability to shift modes may delay emergency response, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Midwest Fire will provide instruction and hardware needed to reprogram the multiplex system software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on December 15, 2022. Owners may contact Midwest's customer service at 1-800-344-2059.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Midwest Fire ALL-Poly Series | 2021, 2022 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Fire ALL-Poly Series | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Midwest Fire ALL-Poly Series | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
Other power train recalls in 2022
47 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the power train; Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company filed 7 campaigns in all.
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NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022