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Utilimaster Velocity Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Utilimaster Velocity (2016–2025).

5
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2019
year with most recalls

Pick your Utilimaster Velocity model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2025 Utilimaster Velocity10
2024 Utilimaster Velocity10
2023 Utilimaster Velocity10
2022 Utilimaster Velocity10
2021 Utilimaster Velocity20
2019 Utilimaster Velocity20
2018 Utilimaster Velocity10
2016 Utilimaster Velocity10

All Utilimaster Velocity recalls (5)

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

  1. Exterior lighting

    NHTSA 26V440000 Reported 563 vehicles potentially affected Shyft Group

    Shyft Group (Shyft) is recalling certain 2016, 2019, and 2021 Utilimaster Velocity vehicles. Water may enter an improperly sealed strobe light and cause a short circuit.

    Remedy: Owners are advised to remove the control module for the strobe light. The remedy is currently under development. Interim owner notification letters explaining the safety risk were mailed July 17, 2026. Another notice…

    Model years: 2016, 2019, 2021

  2. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 26V284000 Reported 101 vehicles potentially affected Shyft Group

    Shyft Group (Shyft) is recalling certain 2025 Utilimaster Velocity vehicles. The incorrect vehicle load value may be listed on the vehicle cargo carrying capacity label.

    Remedy: Utilimaster will provide new labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 13, 2026. Owners may contact Shyft customer service at 1-800-237-7806. Shyft's number for this recall is 26-04.

    Model years: 2025

  3. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 25V335000 Reported 1,977 vehicles potentially affected Shyft Group

    Shyft Group (Shyft) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Utilimaster Velocity vehicles. The vehicles may be missing the tire and information placard. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."

    Remedy: Shyft will mail labels and installation instructions, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 12, 2025. Owners may contact Shyft customer service at 1-800-237-7806. Shyft's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2022, 2023, 2024

  4. Labels (equipment) and tires

    NHTSA 21V448000 Reported 80 vehicles potentially affected Shyft Group

    Shyft Group is recalling certain 2021 Utilimaster Velocity vehicles. The Tire and Loading Information placard incorrectly states a seating capacity of one, although the actual seating capacity is two. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and…

    Remedy: Dealers will install new placards, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 17, 2021. Owners may contact Shyft Group customer service at 1-800-582-3454. Shyft Group's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2021

  5. Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices

    NHTSA 19V104000 Reported 5,855 vehicles potentially affected Spartan Motors USA

    Spartan Motors USA (Spartan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Fleet Services Truck Body and Velocity vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with ASA Electronics monitors for displaying the backup camera images, model number VOM74MMx. The affected monitors may revert back to the factory default settings which may cause the camera…

    Remedy: Spartan will notify owners, and dealers will install a relay harness with a capacitor, free of charge. Owners may contact Spartan customer service at 1-800-543-5008. Spartan's number for this recall is 19002.

    Model years: 2018, 2019

Other Utilimaster 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.