NHTSA campaign 12V326000

PRIME-TIME SPECIALTY VEHICLES Recall 12V-326: WHEELCHAIR LIFT/OUTER ROLL STOP LATCHING MECHANISM

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V326000 was reported by PRIME-TIME SPECIALTY VEHICLES on June 29, 2012, with 1 vehicle potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Ford E-350 for the 2010 model year. Owners were notified on March 30, 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 12V326000 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
12V326000 (also written 12V-326 or 12V326)
Filed by
PRIME-TIME SPECIALTY VEHICLES
Report received
Potentially affected
1 vehicle (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 12V326000. 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 12V326000.

Defect description

PRIME-TIME SPECIALTY VEHICLES (PRIME-TIME) IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2010 FORD E350 SUPER VAN EQUIPPED WITH A BRAUN CENTURY-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFT. 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

PRIME-TIME WILL NOTIFY THE OWNER, AND THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY AN AUTHORIZED BRAUN DEALER FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRIME-TIME AT 1-574-293-9191.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S 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 12V326000

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.