Recall Register

2017 KME Commercial Rescue: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2017 KME Commercial Rescue. The newest campaign is 19V267000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Apr 2019. The NHTSA record gives the component Latches/Locks/Linkages. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 19V267000, in the NHTSA record

KME will notify owners, and dealers will replace the gas springs on the sliding, lift-up cover with new gas springs with an alternative locking mechanism or new gas springs without a locking mechanism and a separate stay arm, free of charge. The recall began May 23, 2019. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 263 units in total.

  1. 19V267000Received . 148 units.

    Latches/Locks/Linkages

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2017 Commercial Rescue, 2014-2019 Predator Panther Pumper, Commercial Pumper and Predator SS Pumper, 2012-2019 Predator Pumper, 2015-2019 Commercial Wildland, 2018 Predator Rescue and 2016 Predator SS Wildland vehicles. The lock for the gas springs that support the sliding, lift-up cover may be unintentionally disabled, preventing the lock from engaging.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the lock is not engaged, the sliding, lift-up cover may fall unexpectedly, increasing the risk of injury to personnel working under the cover.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    KME will notify owners, and dealers will replace the gas springs on the sliding, lift-up cover with new gas springs with an alternative locking mechanism or new gas springs without a locking mechanism and a separate stay arm, free of charge. The recall began May 23, 2019. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.

    Report filed by Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 19V230000Received . 4 units.

    Back Over Prevention / Sensing System / Camera

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2017 KME commercial rescue and 2019 KME commercial tanker vehicles equipped with an ASA Electronics backup camera display. The display may revert back to the factory default settings, which may cause the camera image to be reversed.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The driver may inadvertently turn the wrong direction to avoid an object behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    KME will notify owners, and dealers will install a harness/relay/capacitor module to prevent the image from reversing. The recall began May 17, 2019. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.

    Report filed by Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 18V622000Received . 111 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Brake Lights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Commercial Pumper, Commercial Rescue, Commercial Tanker, Commercial Wildland, 2018-2019 Predator Aerial, Predator Panther Pumper, Predator Pumper, Predator Rescue, Predator SS Pumper, Predator Tanker, 2018 Predator Panther Aerial, Predator Panther Tanker, Predator SS Aerial, Predator SS TDA, and Predator TDA vehicles equipped with Whelen accessory brake lights. Depending on the specific wiring of the vehicle, these brake lights may illuminate when the brake pedal has not been pressed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    KME will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake lights, free of charge. The recall began November 2, 2018. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.

    Report filed by Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2017 KME Commercial Rescue: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Unknown or Other1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
4 May 2020

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2017 KME Commercial Rescue, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2020, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20161
  2. 20173
  3. 20181

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2017 KME Commercial Rescue: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kme/commercial-rescue/2017/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2017 KME Commercial Rescue?
263 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the KME Commercial Rescue have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the KME Commercial Rescue, model years 2016 to 2018. 3 of them name the 2017 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2017 KME Commercial Rescue name most often?
Unknown or Other: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2017 KME Commercial Rescue open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.