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NHTSA campaign 09V054000

STARCRAFT BUS AND MOBILITY Recall 09V-054: FMVSS 403/ANTI-STOW INTERLOCK/RICON

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V054000 was reported by STARCRAFT BUS AND MOBILITY on February 11, 2009, with 814 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Ford E-350 Allstar, Ford E-350 Starlite, Ford E-450 Allstar and more for model years 2005–2007. Owners were notified on January 20, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 09V054000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
09V054000 (also written 09V-054 or 09V054)
Filed by
STARCRAFT BUS AND MOBILITY
Report received
Potentially affected
814 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Owners notified
Safety standard
FMVSS 403
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 09V054000. 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.

Ford

  • Ford E-350

    • 2006 · Vehicles built January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2008 (per NHTSA)

  • Ford E-350 Allstar

    • 2005, 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2008 (per NHTSA)

  • Ford E-350 Starlite

    • 2005, 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2008 (per NHTSA)

  • Ford E-450 Allstar

    • 2005, 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2008 (per NHTSA)
All Ford recalls

GM

  • GM 3500 Allstar

    • 2005, 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2008 (per NHTSA)
All GM recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V054000.

Defect description

STARCRAFT IS RECALLING 814 MY 2005-2007 FORD E-350 STARLITE, FORD E-350/E-450 ALLSTAR, AND GM 3500 ALLSTAR TRUCKS BUILT ON FORD AND GM CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH RICON PLATFORM STYLE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS. THESE LIFTS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 403, "PLATFORM LIFT SYSTEM ACCESSIBLE FOR MOTOR 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.

Safety consequence

A LIFT OCCUPANT CAN BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT BEGIN TO STOW UNINTENTIONALLY.

Manufacturer remedy

STARCRAFT IS WORKING WITH RICON TO CORRECT THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07E097). OWNERS MAY CONTACT RICON AT 1-818-267-3000 OR STARCRAFT AT 574-642-3112.

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 09V054000

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.