Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | ||||||||||||||||
| 07E097000 | RICON CORPORATION | E (Equipment) | 13093 | 10/08/2008 | OVSC | RICON CORPORATION | 11/07/2007 | 11/07/2007 | 571 | 403 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain ricon s and k series platform style wheelchair lifts, manufactured between april 1, 2005, and september 6, 2006, installed as original equipment on certain specialty vehicles. the anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility aid user. the pressure sensing switch that detects the presence of weight on the platform was not adjusted to the necessary sensitivity level. the lift could stow even though someone or something is still on the lift which fails to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, platform lift systems for motor vehicles. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A lift occupant can be injured should the lift begin to stow unintentionally. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Each vehicle manufacturer will file a defect report and remedy plan for their vehicles which included these lifts as original equipment. vehicles will be repaired at no cost to the owner. the recall began on october 15, 2008. owners can contact either their vehicle manufacturer or ricon at 818-267-3000. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| 07E095000 | RICON CORPORATION | E (Equipment) | 23241 | 02/27/2008 | OVSC | RICON CORPORATION | 11/07/2007 | 11/06/2007 | 571 | 404 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain ricon s and k series platform style wheelchair lifts,manufactured between april 1, 2005, and october 9, 2007, installed as original equipment on certain specialty vehicles. the threshold warning system may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility aid user in a certain spot within the defined threshold area. these lifts do not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, platform lift installations in motor vehicles. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The user of the lift could be injured should the lift move unintentionally. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Each vehicle manufacturer will file a defect report and remedy plan for their vehicles which included these lifts as original equipment. vehicles will be repaired at no cost to the owner. the recall began on february 27, 2008. owners can contact either their vehicle manufacturer or ricon at 818-267-3000. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
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| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | ||||||
| PE08022 | RICON CORPORATION | 03/26/2008 | 07/29/2008 | WHEELCHAIR LIFT ARM FRACTURES | ||
| The office of defects investigation has received one fleet complaint identifying 33 alleged failures on the subject wheelchair lifts. the alleged failures have occurred on school buses in two alaskan school districts.these allegations describe cracks developing on the lifts' vertical support arms at a pinned joint where a horizontal arm interfaces with the vertical arm.the lifts are used to raise wheelchairs from the street level to allow entry into the school bus.these bent arms may cause three possible safety concerns.first, the bent arms may prevent an inboard bridge from laying flat and thus prevent a wheel chair from loading the lift in an emergency.second, bent arms may cause the anti-stow interlock switch to become out of adjustment possibly allowing the lift to start moving to the stowed position while a chair is still on the platform.third, the bent arms may also create a situation where the requirements of fmvss 403 - s6.10.2.3 are no longer met.ricon feels that the bent arms are not a safety concern because the operator will see that the lift is damaged before a passenger is loaded onto the bus.if the driver sees that the lift is damaged, they should not load a passenger that would then need to be unloaded in an emergency.this pe has been upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea) to determine what causes the arms to fail, if the arms can fail while the lift is in a stowed position, and if a passenger can be loaded while the lift is in a failed condition. | ||||||