ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
If hot exhaust gas contacts other components or materials, it can increase the risk of a fire.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
If hot exhaust gas contacts other components or materials, it can increase the risk of a fire.
If the wheel bearings overheat, there is an increased risk of a wheel end fire.
If the engine area is open and the cooling fan is operating and detaches, someone nearby may be injured.
A loss of steering control may increase the risk of a crash.
As the brakes self-engage, the driver could lose control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
MISLOCATED WELDS MAY RESULT IN TORSIONAL AND AXIAL STRENGTH FALLING BELOW ACCEPTABLE LEVELS. THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE STEERING COLUMN, LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Two 2008 SPARTAN MMs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.