The defect
Rosenbauer America is recalling certain 2020-2022 Avenger, 2017-2024 Commander, 2020-2024 Warrior, 2023 Commercial F-350, F-550, 108SD, and 2024 Commercial 114SD vehicles. In the event of a short circuit or wiring failure, the firmware may fail to shut off the output pin, resulting in overloaded electrical circuits.
The risk
Overloaded electrical circuits can overheat, increasing the risk of fire.
The remedy
Dealers will update the firmware, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 22, 2024. Owners may contact Rosenbauer America customer service at 1-651-462-1000.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Rosenbauer Avenger | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial 108SD | 2023 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial 114SD | 2024 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial F-350 | 2023 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial F-550 | 2023 |
| Rosenbauer Warrior | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Components: ELECTRICAL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenbauer Avenger | 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| Rosenbauer Avenger | 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Rosenbauer Avenger | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2017 | 0 | 6 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2019 | 0 | 8 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2020 | 0 | 8 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2021 | 0 | 8 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Rosenbauer Commander | 2024 | 0 | 5 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial 108SD | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial 114SD | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial F-350 | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosenbauer Commercial F-550 | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosenbauer Warrior | 2020 | 0 | 6 |
| Rosenbauer Warrior | 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Rosenbauer Warrior | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Rosenbauer Warrior | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Rosenbauer Warrior | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
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178 of the 894 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2023 concerned the electrical system; Rosenbauer America filed 19 campaigns in all.
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| 23V867000 20 Dec 2023 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 23V864000 20 Dec 2023 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 23V862000 19 Dec 2023 | Tesla, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2023