NHTSA campaign 09V049000

MOBILITY SPECIALIST INC Recall 09V-049: THRESHOLD WARNING SYSTEM/FMVSS 404/RICON

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V049000 was reported by MOBILITY SPECIALIST INC on February 6, 2009, with 86 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Express and Ford E-Series for model years 2005–2006. Owners were notified on February 28, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
09V049000 (also written 09V-049 or 09V049)
Filed by
MOBILITY SPECIALIST INC
Report received
Potentially affected
86 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Owners notified
Safety standard
FMVSS 404
NHTSA investigation
Equipment Query EQ08-011 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V049000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Chevrolet

  • Chevrolet Express

    • 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2006 (per NHTSA)
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Ford

  • Ford E-Series

    • 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built April 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006 (per NHTSA)
All Ford recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V049000.

Defect description

MOBILITY IS RECALLING 86 MY 2005-2006 FORD E-SERIES AND CHEVROLET EXPRESS VAN EQUIPPED WITH RICON PLATFORM STYLE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 404, "PLATFORM LIFT INSTALLATIONS ON MOTOR 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.

Safety consequence

THE USER OF THE LIFT COULD BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT MOVE UNINTENTIONALLY.

Manufacturer remedy

MOBILITY IS WORKING WITH RICON TO CORRECT THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07E095). OWNERS MAY CONTACT RICON AT 1-818-267-3000 OR MOBILITY AT 714-674-0480.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V049000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.