Power train: automatic transmission (Midwest Fire)
Vehicle recall 22V-853. NHTSA received Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company’s report on Nov 18, 2022.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company’s report on Nov 18, 2022. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The inability to shift modes may delay emergency response, increasing the risk of injury.
Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest) is recalling certain 2021-2022 All-Poly Series fire trucks fire trucks equipped with a split-shaft transmission.
The Class1 Es-Key multiplex system software may prevent shifting between road-to-pump and pump-to-road modes.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Power train: automatic transmission.
What should you do?
Midwest Fire will provide instruction and hardware needed to reprogram the multiplex system software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on December 15, 2022. Owners may contact Midwest’s customer service at 1-800-344-2059.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 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 11 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 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.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 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 19, 2026.