Manufacturer profile

Smeal Fire Apparatus

Smeal Fire Apparatus has filed 3 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2016, covering 310 vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0No campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file32016 to 2016
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., Inc.".

Campaigns per year

Smeal Fire Apparatus has averaged 0 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2016 peak of 3

Smeal Fire Apparatus recall campaigns by report date, 2016 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Equipment is Smeal Fire Apparatus's most recalled component since 2016

Smeal Fire Apparatus campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Equipment
1
Electrical system
1
Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Smeal Fire Apparatus relies on software fixes more than the industry: 33% of its 2016 campaigns

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Smeal Fire Apparatus against all manufacturers, by year.

Smeal Fire ApparatusAll manufacturers
020%40%20162018202020222024202633%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Model year 2015 is covered by the most Smeal Fire Apparatus campaigns, 3

Smeal Fire Apparatus campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Smeal Fire Apparatus filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Smeal Fire Apparatus campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
16V-887Dec 9, 2016Affected vehicles are equipped with a movable ladder access guardrail that may bend or break under heavy loadsEquipment216Repair or modification
16V-663Sep 14, 2016These touchscreens may experience false switch activations that can happen without the operator's knowledge causing accessories to turn on or off,…Electrical system6Software update
16V-583Aug 4, 2016Affected vehicles may be equipped with certain C20 and C21 split-shaft transmissions from WaterousPowertrain88Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Smeal Fire Apparatus's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2016 Affected vehicles are equipped with a…0.00M
  2. 2016 Affected vehicles may be equipped with…0.00M
  3. 2016 These touchscreens may experience false…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.