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Smeal Pumper Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Smeal Pumper (2013–2021).

4
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2015
year with most recalls

Pick your Smeal Pumper model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2021 Smeal Pumper10
2020 Smeal Pumper10
2017 Smeal Pumper10
2016 Smeal Pumper20
2015 Smeal Pumper20
2014 Smeal Pumper10
2013 Smeal Pumper10

All Smeal Pumper recalls (4)

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

  1. Equipment

    NHTSA 21V810000 Reported 1 vehicles potentially affected Smeal Holding, LLC

    Smeal Holding, LLC (Smeal) is recalling one 2021 Pumper Fire Apparatus fire truck equipped with a Cummins generator set. The lifting cables may be improperly crimped.

    Remedy: Cummins will inspect the lifting cable, and either replace the cable or install a warning label, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on November 12, 2021. Owners may contact Smeal's…

    Model years: 2021

  2. Equipment

    NHTSA 21V005000 Reported 2 vehicles potentially affected Smeal Holding, LLC

    Smeal Holding, LLC (Smeal) is recalling certain 2020 Aerial and Pumper vehicles, equipped with battery-powered 3600 wireless remote controller units used to control the movement of electric firefighting monitors in firefighting vehicles. The monitor is used to direct the water stream and adjust the spray pattern. The wireless remote…

    Remedy: Smeal will notify owners, and dealers will ask the customer to return the affected controller to Akron Brass for a software update, free of charge. The recall began on January 15, 2021. Owners may contact Smeal…

    Model years: 2020

  3. Equipment

    NHTSA 17V721000 Reported 20 vehicles potentially affected Smeal Holding LLC

    Smeal Holding LLC (Smeal) is recalling certain 2013-2017 Aerial and Pumper Fire Apparatus vehicles, equipped with Hale pressure relief valves in the water pumps used for fire fighting. Rings securing the valves may corrode over time after exposure to water, causing the ring to fail and the pressure relief valve to open, reducing the…

    Remedy: Smeal will notify owners, and Hale service providers will install a remedy kit, free of charge. The recall began on December 11, 2017. Owners may contact Smeal customer service at 1-800-543-5008 or Hale customer…

    Model years: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

  4. Manual transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 16V583000 Reported 88 vehicles potentially affected Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., Inc.

    Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., Inc. (Smeal) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Smeal Aerial and Pumper fire trucks manufactured July 16, 2015, to August 1, 2016. The affected vehicles may be equipped with certain C20 and C21 split-shaft transmissions from Waterous. This transmission sends power to the wheels of an emergency response…

    Remedy: Smeal will notify owners, and dealers will remove the shift unit assembly and replace the clevis pin and retaining rings, free of charge. The recall began on September 12, 2016. Owners may contact Smeal customer…

    Model years: 2015, 2016

Other Smeal 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.