Magirus advises Inspection of older firefighting vehicle headlight switches
Iain Hoey
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Inspection recommendation follows technical review
Magirus has recommended precautionary inspection measures for older firefighting vehicles built on Iveco Euro series chassis from model years 1992 to 2002.
The company announced that current findings from its technical review mean a connection to a chassis mounted headlight switch for side and dipped beam functions cannot be ruled out.
The recommendation follows Magirus’s 18 December 2025 announcement that it had launched investigations into fire events and near miss incidents involving older firefighting vehicles built on Iveco EuroCargo and EuroFire chassis.
Those reports had previously been highlighted in media coverage, online forums and in a communication issued by the German Institute for Loss Prevention and Loss Research (IFS) in Kiel, Germany.
Magirus said the indications relate to vehicles built on Iveco Euro series chassis, specifically EuroCargo, EuroFire, EuroTech and EuroTrakker models from 1992 to 2002.
Inspection measures for affected vehicle operators
Operators of firefighting vehicles built on those chassis are being advised to present their vehicle to an authorised Iveco workshop.
Magirus said some vehicles may have first been registered after 2002 and in individual cases up to 2005.
The chassis mounted headlight switch should be replaced there as a precaution.
The vehicle’s electrical installation should also be thoroughly inspected, especially where electrical retrofits have been carried out over the years.
The company described the measures as precautionary and part of a preventive technical inspection intended to identify and minimise potential risks at an early stage.
Findings centre on age and wear related switch changes
In inspected cases, headlight switches showed age and wear related internal changes after more than 20 years of vehicle operation.
Magirus said those changes were not always reliably detectable from the outside.
To support identification, a photograph of the relevant headlight switch design is provided in the technical documentation.
No comparable indications are currently available for other switch designs.
Magirus said it will continue to monitor developments and remain in dialogue with the IFS as new findings become available.