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Spartan in the affected vehicles, the transmission fluid cooler may fail, allowing the engine coolant to mix with the transmission fluid.

NHTSA campaign 14V-623 · Reported October 6, 2014 · 389 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Spartan Advantage, Gladiator and Metrostar
VEHICLES AFFECTED
389
REMEDY
Spartan will notify owners and dealers will install a new transmission fluid cooler, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Spartan Motors, Inc. reported a problem with the automatic transmission cooling unit and lines. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

In the affected vehicles, the transmission fluid cooler may fail, allowing the engine coolant to mix with the transmission fluid.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the engine coolant mixes with the transmission fluid, the transmission may not shift properly, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Spartan will notify owners and dealers will install a new transmission fluid cooler, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 14V-623.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2006–2013Spartan Advantage
2006–2013Spartan Gladiator
2006–2013Spartan Metrostar

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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