NHTSA campaign 13V294000

TCI Recall 13V-294: Wheelchair Lift Armored Cable Short Circuit

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 13V294000 was reported by Transportation Collaborative, Inc. on July 5, 2013, with 2 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the TCI DW6159RLSST and TCI SC159DSFP600 for model years 2010, 2012. Owners were notified on July 22, 2013, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 13V294000 (also written 13V-294 or 13V294)
Filed by: Transportation Collaborative, Inc.
Report received: July 5, 2013
Potentially affected: 2 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: July 22, 2013

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 13V294000. 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.

TCI

TCI DW6159RLSST
- 2010
TCI SC159DSFP600
- 2012

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 13V294000.

Defect description

Transportation Collaborative, Inc. (TCI) is recalling one model year 2010 TransTech DW6159RLSST and one model year 2012 TransTech SC159DSFP600 school buses equipped with a Ricon wheelchair lift with an optional armored pendant cable. The armored cable may be positioned such that it does not clear the wheelchair lift.

Safety consequence

If the cable does not clear the wheel chair lift it may contact the power lug and if it does not have a nonconductive cover, or it has an improperly installed non-conductive cover, then a short circuit may occur that could result in a fire.

Manufacturer remedy

TCI will notify owners and Ricon will send owners a supplemental cover kit and installation instructions free of charge. This recall campaign began on July 22, 2013. Owners may contact Ricon Customer Service at 1-800-322-2884 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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 www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 13V294000

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.