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Spartan GLS Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Spartan GLS (2008–2010).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2008
year with most recalls

Pick your Spartan GLS model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2010 Spartan GLS10
2009 Spartan GLS20
2008 Spartan GLS20

All Spartan GLS recalls (2)

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

  1. Quick release valve (service brakes)

    NHTSA 09V184000 Reported 484 vehicles potentially affected SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.

    Spartan is recalling 484 model years 2008-2010 adv, bey, fur, glc, gld, k2, k3, mg, mm, mtr, and nvs fire truck, ambulance, and motor home chassis manufactured between july 1 and december 16, 2008 equipped with certain haldex quick release valves (qrv). The rubber diaphragm inside the qrv may experience delamination resulting in…

    Remedy: Each vehicle manufacturer will provide a remedy plan and notification schedule. The affected vehicles will be repaired without charge to the owners. Owners may contact their vehicle manufacturer or spartan chassis…

    Model years: 2008, 2009, 2010

  2. Diesel (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 09V185000 Reported 30 vehicles potentially affected SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.

    Spartan is recalling 87 model year 2008 and 2009 glc, gld, gle, and gls fire truck cab/chassis manufactured between august 2, 2007 and may 27, 2009 equipped with c13 caterpillar diesel engines. The extension pipes attached to the aftertreatment regeneration device (ard) may develop a hole, and heat and flame may escape during a…

    Remedy: Spartan is working with caterpillar (please see 08e054). Caterpillar will repair the subject vehicles free of charge. Owners may contact caterpillar at-1-800-447-4986 or spartan at 1-800-543-4277.

    Model years: 2008, 2009

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.