NHTSA campaign 12E002000 · Equipment recall

BRAUN CORPORATION Recall 12E-002: WHEELCHAIR LIFT/OUTER ROLL STOP LATCHING MECHANISM

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12E002000 is an equipment recall reported by BRAUN CORPORATION on February 3, 2012, with 21,412 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Braun Ford E-350 for model years 2008–2011. Owners were notified on March 27, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by BRAUN CORPORATION: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 12E002000 (also written 12E-002 or 12E002)
Filed by: BRAUN CORPORATION
Report received: February 3, 2012
Potentially affected: 21,412 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Owners notified: March 27, 2012
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12E002000. 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.

Braun

Braun Ford E-350
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12E002000.

Defect description

BRAUN IS RECALLING CERTAIN CENTURY-2 AND VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 20, 2006, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10, 2010, INSTALLED AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT ON VARIOUS VANS AND TRANSIT BUSES. ON OCTOBER 8, 2012, BRAUN FILED AN AMENDED DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT TO INCLUDE MODEL YEAR 2008 THROUGH 2011 BRAUN-MODIFIED FORD E-350 PARATRANSIT VANS. OVER TIME AND WITH FREQUENT USE, THE ROLL STOP LATCHES ON THE OUTER BARRIER MAY BECOME BENT OR MISALIGNED.

Safety consequence

A WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT MAY DEFEAT OR RIDE OVER THE INSUFFICIENTLY LATCHED ROLL STOP. IF THIS OCCURS WHEN THE LIFT PLATFORM IS IN AN ELEVATED POSITION, THE WHEELCHAIR'S OCCUPANT COULD FALL AND SUSTAIN INJURY.

Manufacturer remedy

BRAUN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 30, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BRAUN CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AT 1-800-488-0359.

Notes

OWNERS 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 12E002000

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.