Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company: Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 7, 2023 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 19. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) is recalling certain 2022-2023 All-Poly Series Tanker-Pumper fire trucks, equipped with a split-shaft transmission and a Class 1 Es-Key multiplex system. A software error may cause a shift from road gear to pump gear, resulting in a loss of drive power.
The risk
A sudden loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Midwest Fire will provide a USB and instructions to reprogram the multiplex system software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on October 6, 2023. Owners may contact Midwest's customer service at 1-800-344-2059.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Midwest Fire All-Poly Series | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Midwest Fire All-Poly Series | 0 | 3 | 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 23V624000.
Full record for the 2023 Midwest Fire All-Poly Series → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →