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Northstar Ambulance Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Northstar Ambulance (2013–2021).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2020
year with most recalls

Pick your Northstar Ambulance model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2021 Northstar Ambulance10
2020 Northstar Ambulance20
2019 Northstar Ambulance10
2018 Northstar Ambulance10
2017 Northstar Ambulance10
2016 Northstar Ambulance10
2015 Northstar Ambulance10
2014 Northstar Ambulance10
2013 Northstar Ambulance10

All Northstar Ambulance recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Northstar Ambulance, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electrical system

    NHTSA 24V001000 Reported 2 vehicles potentially affected Braun Northwest

    Braun Northwest is recalling certain 2020-2021 Northstar ambulances. In the event of a short circuit or wiring failure, the firmware in the vehicle multiplex system may fail to shut off the output pin, resulting in overloaded electrical circuits.

    Remedy: Braun Northwest will update the firmware, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 12, 20224. Owners may contact Braun Northwest customer service at 1-877-344-9990.

    Model years: 2020, 2021

  2. Instrument cluster/panel (electrical system)

    NHTSA 21V305000 Reported 3 vehicles potentially affected Braun Northwest

    Braun Northwest is recalling certain 2013-2020 NorthStar Ambulance equipped with Weldon V-Mux Vista IV Standard LCD displays used for controlling emergency vehicle lighting and HVAC functions. The displays may experience low voltage spikes and cause the LCD display to lock up or become nonfunctional.

    Remedy: Dealers will repair or replace the displays, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 10, 2021. Owners may contact Braun Northwest customer service at 1-360-748-0195.

    Model years: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Other Northstar models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.