NHTSA campaign 20V487000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.: Exterior Lighting

Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 18, 2020 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 38. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2017-2020 Commercial Pumper and Predator SS Rescue, 2018 Predator Panther Pumper and Commercial Skid, 2018-2020 Predator SS Aerial, 2020 Predator Panther Tanker, 2016 Predator Panther Aerial and Commercial Rescue, 2015-2019 Commercial Tanker, 2018-2019 Commercial Wildland, 2017 Predator SS Chassis and 2018-2021 Predator SS Pumper vehicles equipped with certain Code 3 7x9 Stop-Tail-Turn Reverse All-in-One LED stop, tail, turn, and reverse lights. The lights may be too bright, exceeding the maximum light output allowed which may adversely affect the vision of drivers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

The risk

The excessive brightness may affect the vision of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

KME will notify owners, and dealers will instruct vehicle owners to contact Code 3 to obtain a filter kit (Part No. CZ0199), free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2020. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.

28 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes
2021 Kme Predator SS Pumper	0	1	0	0
2020 Kme Commercial Pumper	0	1	0	0
2020 Kme Predator Panther Tanker	0	2	0	0
2020 Kme Predator SS Aerial	0	1	0	0
2020 Kme Predator SS Pumper	0	4	0	0
2020 Kme Predator SS Rescue	0	1	0	0
2019 Kme Commercial Pumper	0	3	0	0
2019 Kme Commercial Tanker	0	3	0	0
2019 Kme Commercial Wildland	0	3	0	0
2019 Kme Predator SS Aerial	0	3	0	0
2019 Kme Predator SS Pumper	0	6	0	0
2019 Kme Predator SS Rescue	0	2	0	0
2018 Kme Commercial Pumper	0	4	0	0
2018 Kme Commercial Skid	0	1	0	0
2018 Kme Commercial Tanker	0	2	0	0
2018 Kme Commercial Wildland	0	3	0	0
2018 Kme Predator Panther Pumper	0	5	0	0
2018 Kme Predator SS Aerial	0	5	0	0
2018 Kme Predator SS Pumper	0	7	0	0
2018 Kme Predator SS Rescue	0	3	0	0
2017 Kme Commercial Pumper	0	4	0	0
2017 Kme Commercial Tanker	0	2	0	0
2017 Kme Predator SS Chassis	0	1	0	0
2017 Kme Predator SS Rescue	0	4	0	0
2016 Kme Commercial Rescue	0	1	0	0
2016 Kme Commercial Tanker	0	1	0	0
2016 Kme Predator Panther Aerial	0	3	0	0
2015 Kme Commercial Tanker	0	1	0	0

What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 20V487000.

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