KME Panther: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the KME Panther, model years 2006 to 2026. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model line. 6 of the 12 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the KME Panther is number 4 of 24 model lines of KME on the register. Recall campaigns for the KME Panther: 2 in 2024 and 1 in 2025. For all KME vehicles, the count fell by 75.0%, from 4 in 2024 to 1 in 2025.
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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 KME Panther NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,261 |
| 2025 KME Panther | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,361 |
| 2024 KME Panther | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,309 |
| 2023 KME Panther | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,309 |
| 2021 KME Panther | 3 | 0 | 0% | 275 |
| 2014 KME Panther NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 10 |
| 2013 KME Panther | 3 | 0 | 0% | 745 |
| 2012 KME Panther | 2 | 1 | 1200% | 735 |
| 2011 KME Panther NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 695 |
| 2010 KME Panther NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 695 |
| 2009 KME Panther NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 695 |
| 2006 KME Panther NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 14 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
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.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 1,000 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Predator22 campaigns
- Predator Aerial14 campaigns
- Commercial Rescue4 campaigns
- Predator SS Pumper11 campaigns
- Predator SS Aerial16 campaigns
- Predator Pumper11 campaigns
- Predator SS11 campaigns
- Predator Panther Pumper8 campaigns
- Commercial Pumper4 campaigns
- Predator Panther Aerial7 campaigns
- Predator Rescue8 campaigns
- Predator Panther7 campaigns
- Predator SS TDA5 campaigns
- Redundant Panther7 campaigns
- Commercial Wildland3 campaigns
- Predator SS Rescue4 campaigns
- Commercial Tanker3 campaigns
- Severe Service6 campaigns
- Predator TDA7 campaigns
- Redundant Predator6 campaigns
- Predator Panther Tanker4 campaigns
- Predator Tanker4 campaigns
- Panther II2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. KME Panther: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kme/panther/. 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
- 3 Nov 2026
- Complaint file through
- 5 Nov 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which KME Panther model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2025 with 4, 2021 with 3, 2013 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which KME Panther model year has the most complaints?
- The 2012 model year, with 1 of the 1 complaint for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the KME Panther name?
- Unknown or Other: 1 component mention.