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Visibility: windshield wiper/washer (Sprague)

Vehicle equipment recall 17E-025. NHTSA received Sprague Devices’s report on May 10, 2017.

NHTSA’s own record, on nhtsa.gov

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NHTSA received Sprague Devices’s report on May 10, 2017. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.

Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

A loss of wiper function can reduce the driver’s visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.

Sprague Devices (Sprague) is recalling certain Heavy-Duty Bus Pantograph Wiper Arms.

The mounting casting that attaches the wiper arms to the wiper motor may crack, possibly causing the arms to bend or detach.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • NHTSA’s part: Visibility: windshield wiper/washer.

What should you do?

Sprague will notify the purchasers, and the affected vehicle manufacturers will replace the wiper arms with an improved design, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact Sprague at 1-219-872-7295. Sprague’s number for the recall is 17V-156, SR17-09 .

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: 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.safercar.gov.

Which ones are recalled?

NHTSA counts 1,179 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • Sprague Heavy-Duty Bus PantographBuilt from Apr 21, 2016 to Jun 23, 2016

Who is recalling it?

  • Made by Sprague Devices.
Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
  • Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).

    Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Source:

Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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