{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=SPARTAN","name":"SPARTAN","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-23T09:07:37.897Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":7,"deaths":0,"injured":5,"fires":4},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"WHEELS","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER","n":1},{"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1676236","date_received":"2020-07-12","make":"SPARTAN","model":"K2 CHASSIS","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"WHEELS","description":"WE HAD A RIGHT TIRE BLOW OUT FOUR-YEAR-OLD GOOD YEAR 28000 MILES BEEN TOLD BY MANY PEOPLE THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRES WE WERE ON HWY 10 WED AFTERNOON  WE WERE IN MOTION DRIVING STRAIGHT ON INTERSTATE 10 100 MILES FROM EL PASO RIGHT STARING TIRE BLEW LEFT THE ROAD ONE UP THE EMBANKMENT AND THEN BACK DOWN DID NOT ROLL OVER MOTOR HOME IS POSSIBLY TOTALED HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE WE ARE OK BUT VERY LUCKY WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO MANY TIMES WITH THIS TYPE OF TIRES GOOD YEARS TO DADDY FIVE'S THEY WERE 4 YEARS OLD AND ONLY 28000 MILES  *DT*DT*JB*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1676236"},{"cmplid":"1412009","date_received":"2017-10-03","make":"SPARTAN","model":"ALPINE","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"WE HAVE AN RV THAT HAS ELECTRICAL ENERGY FLOWING THROUGHOUT THE CHASSIS WHEN IT IS PLUGGED INTO SHORE POWER. PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN ELECTRICUTED IN AND AROUND THE RV. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE ATS (AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH) I NOTICED EVIDENCE OF A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT HAD OCCURRED. (SEE PHOTO) WHEN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND A SAFETY RECALL RELATED TO THIS ATS (AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH). RECALL # 12V-516 APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE IOAT ENGINEERING ITS-50R ATS. THIS IS THE SAME ATS THAT IS IN OUR RV BUT OUR RV IS NOT COVERED IN THIS RECALL. ADDITIONAL WE HAD WORK DONE ON THIS ATS IN 2011 (SEE PHOTO) THE RV SAID SAID THAT THERE WERE BURNT WIRES IN THE ATS. THE SHOP SAID THAT THIS WAS FIXED BUT THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A 220V 50A SYSTEM THAT CAN CARRY A DEADLY POWER LOAD AND OF COURSE THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF A FIRE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1412009"},{"cmplid":"1342119","date_received":"2016-12-19","make":"SPARTAN","model":"ADVANTAGE","model_year":2015,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SPARTAN ADVANTAGE. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1342119"},{"cmplid":"1298510","date_received":"2016-07-15","make":"SPARTAN","model":"MOTORHOME","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","description":"ENGINE FIRE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. WE RECENTLY HAD A DISASTER IN OUR MOTOR HOME.  A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY (OCT 2015 NEAR ASHEVILLE NC).  WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS A SEAL HAD FAILED ON THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR THAT DRIVES THE FAN. (THIS UNIT HAS A SIDE RADIATOR) WHEN THE SEAL FAILED IT SPRAYED OIL ON THE FAN BLADES THUS SPREADING OIL OVER THE TURBO AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF THE ENGINE. HAVE SEEN 3 OTHER COACHES IN FLAMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. LOOKED ON THE WEB AT MANY COACHES IN SALVAGE YARDS AND ALMOST ALWAYS THE FIRE STARTS IN THIS SAME LOCATION. THIS IS A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. BY THE TIME I HAD THE COACH STOPPED IT HAD COMPLETELY FILLED WITH THICK BLACK SMOKE AND I HAD PROBLEMS GETTING MY WIFE OUT THE DOOR, ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM.  I THINK A SHIELD AROUND THE MOTOR TO KEEP OIL FROM GETTING ON THE FAN BLADES OR A DOUBLE SEAL ON THE MOTOR SHAFT WITH A DRAIN TUBE BETWEEN SEALS WOULD BE AN EASY FIX AND NOT TOO EXPENSIVE.  THE COACH WE LOST WAS ON A SPARTAN CHASSIS THE LAST ONE I SAW BURN WAS ON A FREIGHT LINER CHASSIS. I THINK ALL THE COACHES WITH SIDE RADIATOR HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE.  I SINCERELY HOPE YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS ISSUE.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1298510"},{"cmplid":"311276","date_received":"2001-08-26","make":"SPARTAN","model":"HIGHLANDER","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER","description":"I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK WHEN I HEARD THIS AWFUL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE APPEAR TO TAKE ON A MIND OF ITS OWN, NOT RESPONDING EVEN THOUGH I FLOORED THE BRAKE PEDAL.  FORTUNATELY I WAS PARKING AND WAS STOPPED BY THE PROTECTIVE POSTS OF A FIRE-HYDRANT.  I HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE EMERGENY ROOM FOR ATTENTION.  WHILE I DID NOT SUSTATIN ANY BROKEN LIMBS, I  SUFFERED EXTREME LOWER BACK AND KNEE PAIN;  MY LEFT SIDE ESPECIALLY SHOULDER SIDE AND BASE OF NECK IN ADDITION TO PAIN IN THE BRAKING FOOT AND LEG AND BURNS FROM THE SEATBELT.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/311276"},{"cmplid":"311277","date_received":"2001-08-26","make":"SPARTAN","model":"HIGHLANDER","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING","description":"I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK WHEN I HEARD THIS AWFUL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE APPEAR TO TAKE ON A MIND OF ITS OWN, NOT RESPONDING EVEN THOUGH I FLOORED THE BRAKE PEDAL.  FORTUNATELY I WAS PARKING AND WAS STOPPED BY THE PROTECTIVE POSTS OF A FIRE-HYDRANT.  I HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE EMERGENY ROOM FOR ATTENTION.  WHILE I DID NOT SUSTATIN ANY BROKEN LIMBS, I  SUFFERED EXTREME LOWER BACK AND KNEE PAIN;  MY LEFT SIDE ESPECIALLY SHOULDER SIDE AND BASE OF NECK IN ADDITION TO PAIN IN THE BRAKING FOOT AND LEG AND BURNS FROM THE SEATBELT.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/311277"},{"cmplid":"240171","date_received":"2000-09-14","make":"SPARTAN","model":"CHARGER","model_year":1994,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD","description":"THE SFD HAS SIX FIRE APPARATUS WITH THIS CHASSIS FROM THE 93 AND 94 MODEL YEARS.  TWO HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN THE WIRING HARNESS BETWEEN THE LEFT BATTERY BANK AND THE STARTER.  I PERSONALLY WAS DRIVING ONE OF THEM WHEN TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE SHUT OFF ALL POWER INCLUDING LIGHTS (ENGINE 20).  ENGINE 10 CAUGHT FIRE IN THE FIRE STATION APPARATUS BAY AND WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE SERIOUS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FIRE STATION OCCURRED.  THE SPECIFICS AS TO MILEAGE AND DATE ARE APPROXIMATE.  I AM REPORTING THIS ON MY OWN NOT AS AN OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE.  THE ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED ARE MY HOME.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/240171"}]}