NHTSA campaign 12V281000
COACH & EQUIPMENT and Coach And Equipment Recall 12V-281: WHEELCHAIR LIFT/OUTER ROLL STOP LATCHING MECHANISM
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V281000 was reported by COACH AND EQUIPMENT MFG CORP. on June 19, 2012, with 1,627 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the COACH & EQUIPMENT Metro-Lite, COACH & EQUIPMENT Pegasus, COACH & EQUIPMENT Phoenix and more for model years 2006–2010. Owners were notified on August 9, 2012, 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 12V281000 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
- 12V281000 (also written 12V-281 or 12V281)
- Filed by
- COACH AND EQUIPMENT MFG CORP.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1,627 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ12-005 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V281000. 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.
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V281000.
Defect description
COACH AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (COACH AND EQUIPMENT) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2010 PHOENIX, METRO-LITE AND PEGASUS TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BRAUN CENTURY-2 AND/OR VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS. 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 WHEELCHAIRS OCCUPANT COULD FALL AND SUSTAIN INJURY.
Manufacturer remedy
COACH AND EQUIPMENT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY AUTHORIZED BRAUN DEALERS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT COACH AND EQUIPMENT MFG. CORP. AT 1-800-946-7513.
Notes
CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-423(TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V281000
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.