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Spartan Charger Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 12 model years of the Spartan Charger (1987–1998). The most-complained-about year is 1994.

3
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
1996
year with most recalls
1994
year with most complaints

Pick your Spartan Charger model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1998 Spartan Charger10
1997 Spartan Charger30
1996 Spartan Charger30
1995 Spartan Charger20
1994 Spartan Charger21
1993 Spartan Charger20
1992 Spartan Charger20
1991 Spartan Charger20
1990 Spartan Charger10
1989 Spartan Charger10
1988 Spartan Charger10
1987 Spartan Charger10

What Spartan Charger owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 1994 model year has the most, with 1.

All Spartan Charger recalls (3)

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

  1. Anchorage (seat belts)

    NHTSA 99V118000 Reported 1,753 vehicles potentially affected SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.

    Vehicle description: fire trucks. These fire trucks are all 4-door models which contain dual, forward facing passenger seats. The hardware utilized to mount the seat box to the cab floor and to the backwall structure, and also to mount the type 1 seat belt systems, was inadequate to meet the requirements of FMVSS nos. 207/210, ""seating…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat box mounting fasteners.

    Model years: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

  2. Structure

    NHTSA 99V010000 Reported 3,210 vehicles potentially affected SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.

    Vehicle description: fire trucks. The cab tilt system contains a 12 volt electrical solenoid assembly as an accessory to the cab tilt electric motor/hydraulic pump assembly. Rain, snow, salt spray or other corrosive environment can corrode the solenoid or "bridge" the energizing coil wire terminal causing the cab tilt system to operate…

    Remedy: Dealers will install a hermetically sealed solenoid assembly.

    Model years: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

  3. Latch (latches/locks/linkages)

    NHTSA 98V077000 Reported 477 vehicles potentially affected SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.

    Vehicle description: fire trucks with occupant side entry doors. A difficulty in latching the side entry doors to the full closed position, and/or, the doors may release to the secondary latch position. Also loose rivets can cause the latch control mechanism to bind not allowing the door to latch properly when shut.

    Remedy: Dealers will remove and replace the latch and actuator on the doors.

    Model years: 1996, 1997

Other Spartan 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.