Recall Register

Spartan Metrostar: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 49 recall campaigns for the Spartan Metrostar, model years 1998 to 2020. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model line. 20 of the 23 model years have a page on this register.

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.

  1. 19981
  2. 19991
  3. 20001
  4. 20013
  5. 20024
  6. 20033
  7. 20044
  8. 20055
  9. 20066
  10. 20077
  11. 200812
  12. 200915
  13. 201019
  14. 201115
  15. 201215
  16. 201321
  17. 201421
  18. 201519
  19. 201611
  20. 201713
  21. 201813
  22. 201914
  23. 20206
Spartan Metrostar: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2020 Spartan Metrostar600%2,173
2019 Spartan Metrostar1400%3,431
2018 Spartan Metrostar1300%4,885
2017 Spartan Metrostar1311150%7,884
2016 Spartan Metrostar1100%7,786
2015 Spartan Metrostar1900%8,940
2014 Spartan Metrostar2100%9,097
2013 Spartan Metrostar2100%9,486
2012 Spartan Metrostar1500%8,493
2011 Spartan Metrostar1500%7,949
2010 Spartan Metrostar1900%10,103
2009 Spartan Metrostar1500%8,166
2008 Spartan Metrostar1211150%5,988
2007 Spartan Metrostar700%4,323
2006 Spartan Metrostar600%4,111
2005 Spartan Metrostar500%3,722
2004 Spartan Metrostar400%3,628
2003 Spartan Metrostar300%1,882
2002 Spartan Metrostar400%1,885
2001 Spartan Metrostar300%1,882
2000 Spartan Metrostar NHTSA page100%650
1999 Spartan Metrostar NHTSA page100%650
1998 Spartan Metrostar NHTSA page100%650

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

4 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.

Spartan Metrostar: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Unknown or Other2501
Power Train2501
Air Bags2501
Seat Belts2501

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Spartan Metrostar, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2019, with 8 campaigns.
Complaints about the Spartan Metrostar, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2011, with 1 complaint.

Other model lines of the make

Spartan: all 47 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Spartan Metrostar: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/spartan/metrostar/. 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
Manufacturer in the recall file
SPARTAN CHASSIS, INC.

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 Spartan Metrostar model years have the most recall campaigns?
2014 with 21, 2013 with 21, 2015 with 19. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Spartan Metrostar model year has the most complaints?
The 2008 model year, with 1 of the 2 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Spartan Metrostar name?
Unknown or Other: 1 component mention. Power Train: 1 component mention. Air Bags: 1 component mention.