Corrosion on Remote Control Circuit Board – 2022 Alexis Fire Emergency Utility, Flatbed Brush, & 300 Gallon Mini Pumper Fire Apparatus

March 22, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V190000

Corrosion on Remote Control Circuit Board

A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V190

Manufacturer Alexis Fire Equipment Company

Components EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Potential Number of Units Affected 3

 

Summary

Alexis Fire Equipment Company (Alexis Fire) is recalling certain 2022 Emergency Utility, Flatbed Brush, and 300 Gallon MinieBay logo Pumper Fire Apparatus vehicles, equipped with a Warn Winch and a wireless handheld remote. Water may enter the handheld remote control for the winch and cause circuit board corrosion, which can allow the winch to operate unintentionally.

 

Remedy

Alexis Fire will work with Warn Industries, Inc. to provide owners instructions on how to inspect the remote for corrosion and disable the wireless function by removing the battery packeBay logo from the remote. If corrosion or water intrusion is found when removing the battery packeBay logo owners should stop using the remote and contact WARN customer service for a replacement remote, free of charge. Once new parts are available, WARN will make a replacement water resistant remote available, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 5, 2023. Owners may contact Alexis Fire customer service at 1-309-482-6121.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


**IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL**

This notice applies to your vehicle, [VIN] NHTSA Recall No: 23V190

 

April 5, 2023

Dear Alexis Fire Equipment Customer:

This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

Alexis Fire Equipment has decided, based on information provided by Warn Industries, that a defect exists certain 2022 Emergency Utility, Flatbed Brush, an 300 Gallon MinieBay logo Pumper Fire Apparatus vehicles equipped with a handheld remote control operated WARN VR EVO winch.

 

APPARATUS VIN: [OWNER VIN]

 

COMPONENT:

WARN Industries VR EVO winch

 

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

After investigating field reports of inadvertent activation, Warn determined that getting the remote control wet could result in water ingress and corrosion inside the remote control. This condition could lead to inadvertent activation. It was determined that this condition only affects remote controls with wireless capability that are not waterproof. Only the remote is subject to the recall, the winch is not affected.

 

CONSEQUENCE:

Remotes which have been exposed to or submerged in water have exhibited failures that can result in unintended winch operation, which increases the risk of injury.

 

REPAIR PROCEDURE:

WARN has issued specific instructions on how to immediately inspect, replace your existing VR EVO remote with a “corded-only” remote, and submit a claim for a $100 coupon as well as a new water-resistant remote control that will be made available to affected customers once released. Please see the attached document directly from WARN Industries Inc.

 

CUSTOMER ACTION:

Please follow the attached directions from WARN and register to receive your $100 coupon and wireless replacement remote when available at https://www.warn.com/vr-evo-remote-info.

 

WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT WITH FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS:

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact WARN customer service at 800-543-9276 or [email protected] or visit WARNs website at https://www.warn.com/vr-evo-remote-info

If Warn Industries fails or is unable to remedy this defect without charge, or within a reasonable amount of time, you may submit a written complaint to: Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20590. You may also call the toll-free Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY:1-800-424-9153); or go to http://safercar.gov

Alexis Fire Equipment is taking this action in the interest of safety and satisfaction with our products. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Alexis Fire Equipment Company

 


Chronology :

Monday March 13th we were contacted by a NHTSA representative about the WARN recall. Upon notification we reached out to our WARN representative to gain more information about the recall. Once we obtained product numbers we searched our database to find affected parts still on the shelf in inventory and products that were installed on specific customer units.

 


22E101 Corrosion on Remote Control Circuit Board – WARN VR EVO Winch Wireless/Handheld Remote

 

http://oemdtc.com/12862/22e101-corrosion-on-remote-control-circuit-board-warn-vr-evo-winch-wireless-handheld-remote

 


1 Affected Product

Vehicle

MAKEMODELYEAR
ALEXIS FIRE EQUIPMENTFIRE APPARATUS2022

 


6 Associated Documents

Recall 573 Report – 3/27/2023

RCLRPT-23V190-1030.PDF 214.021KB

 


Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V190-2622.PDF 213.897KB

 


Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V190-4145.pdf 645.442KB

 


Recall 573 Report-Amendment 2 – 04/03/2023

RCLRPT-23V190-5793.PDF 214.12KB

 


Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-23V190-1765.pdf 204.791KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #1, 2023-2

RCLQRT-23V190-8938.PDF 211.124KB

 


Latest Recalls Documents

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=23V190&docType=RCL

 


 

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