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Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus

Every Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus model year on file, 2016 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42016 to 2019
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus complaints by model year

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.7512016201720182019
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Complaints by component

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2019Not decoded0NoneNone100
2018Not decoded0NoneNone100
2017Not decoded0NoneNone200
2016Not decoded0NoneNone400
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Smeal Aerial Fire Apparatus

  • 19V-337 Apr 30, 2019
    Tube steel used in the base rail of the aerial device may be missing joint welds, which may cause the aerial device to become unsteady and…
    Equipment · 12 vehicles
  • 17V-463 Jul 20, 2017
    Hydraulic manifold that controls the aerial device may not be fully seated, possibly resulting in a hydraulic fluid leak
    Equipment · 109 vehicles
  • 16V-887 Dec 9, 2016
    Affected vehicles are equipped with a movable ladder access guardrail that may bend or break under heavy loads
    Equipment · 216 vehicles
  • 16V-663 Sep 14, 2016
    These touchscreens may experience false switch activations that can happen without the operator's knowledge causing accessories to turn on or off,…
    Electrical system · 6 vehicles
  • 16V-583 Aug 4, 2016
    Affected vehicles may be equipped with certain C20 and C21 split-shaft transmissions from Waterous
    Powertrain · 88 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.