The defect
Spartan Fire, LLC (Spartan Fire) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Gladiator, 2024-2025 Metro Star and 2024 KME Panther vehicles equipped with certain independent front suspension assemblies. The lower control arm retention bolts could become brittle and break after being tightened.
The risk
A broken bolt head can become a projectile, increasing the risk of an injury.
The remedy
Spartan Fire will replace the bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 5, 2024. Owners may contact Spartan Fire customer service at 1-517-543-6400. Spartan Fire's number for this recall is 24010.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| KME Panther | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Spartan Fire Gladiator | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Spartan Fire Metrostar | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| KME Panther | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| KME Panther | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| KME Panther | 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| Spartan Fire Gladiator | 2023 | 0 | 11 |
| Spartan Fire Gladiator | 2024 | 0 | 8 |
| Spartan Fire Gladiator | 2025 | 0 | 4 |
| Spartan Fire Metrostar | 2023 | 0 | 12 |
| Spartan Fire Metrostar | 2024 | 0 | 10 |
| Spartan Fire Metrostar | 2025 | 0 | 4 |
Other suspension recalls in 2024
29 of the 950 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2024 concerned the suspension; Spartan Fire, LLC filed 29 campaigns in all.
| 24V949000 19 Dec 2024 | Ford Motor Company |
| 24V909000 5 Dec 2024 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 24V887000 25 Nov 2024 | Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. |
| 24V837000 6 Nov 2024 | PJ Trailers |
| 24V770000 16 Oct 2024 | Ford Motor Company |
| 24V760000 11 Oct 2024 | E-One Incorporated |
| 24V650000 4 Sept 2024 | Felling Trailers, Inc. |
| 24V604000 13 Aug 2024 | Rosenbauer America |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2024