Alexis Fire Equipment Company: Electrical System › Wiring
Alexis Fire Equipment Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 9, 2024 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 56. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Alexis Fire Equipment Company (Alexis Fire) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Apparatus fire trucks equipped with Weldon 8X16 Input-Output nodes. In the event of a short circuit or wiring failure, the firmware in the node may fail to shut off the output pin, resulting in overloaded electrical circuits.
The risk
Overloaded electrical circuits can overheat, increasing the risk of fire.
The remedy
Dealers will update the firmware, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed January 22, 2024. Owners may contact Alexis Fire customer service at 1-309-482-6121.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Alexis Fire Equipment Fire Apparatus | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Alexis Fire Equipment Fire Apparatus | 0 | 5 | 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 24V009000.
Full record for the 2023 Alexis Fire Equipment Fire Apparatus → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →