Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe (Schwarze)
Vehicle recall 21V00G000. NHTSA received Alamo Group Inc.’s report on Dec 22, 2021.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Alamo Group Inc.’s report on Dec 22, 2021. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Debris against the exhaust system increases the risk of a fire.
Alamo Group Inc.
(Alamo) is recalling certain 2012-2021 Schwarze A7 CNG, A8 CNG, and A9 CNG street sweepers mounted on Freightliner M2-112 chassis and equipped with a horizontal exhaust system.
Lightweight debris, such as leaves, may build up in front of the sweeping head and accumulate against the chassis exhaust system.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe.
What should you do?
Dealers will install an exhaust tailpipe extension tube, free of charge. Owners notification letters were mailed on January 14, 2022. Owners may contact Alamo Group customer service at 1-830-379-1480.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 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.nhtsa.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 31 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Schwarze A7 CNG Street Sweeper2021202020192018201720162015and 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Schwarze A8 CNG Street Sweeper2021202020192018201720162015and 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Schwarze A9 CNG Street Sweeper2021202020192018201720162015and 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Alamo Group Inc..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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 28, 2026.