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Spartan Silent Knight Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Spartan Silent Knight (1991–1997).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1991
year with most recalls

Pick your Spartan Silent Knight model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1997 Spartan Silent Knight20
1996 Spartan Silent Knight20
1995 Spartan Silent Knight20
1994 Spartan Silent Knight20
1993 Spartan Silent Knight20
1992 Spartan Silent Knight20
1991 Spartan Silent Knight20

All Spartan Silent Knight recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Spartan Silent Knight, 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

  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: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 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.