- Vehicles
- 197
- Built between
- Apr 2005 – May 2006
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 23 May 2007
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between April 2005 and May 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Maxon WL-7Built April 2005 to May 2006
- Maxon WL-7ABuilt April 2005 to May 2006
What the defect is
Certain maxon wheelchair lifts, model WL-7 and WL-7A, p/nos 266700-05, 266700-07, 266700-08, 268000-03, and 268000-04, manufactured between april 1, 2005, and may 20, 2006, installed as original equipment on various buses and sold as replacement equipment. Bending occurs on the locking bracket attachments and in the ramp extrusion which fail to conform to the loading requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, platform lift systems for motor vehicles.
What could happen
The manufacturer has not yet provided the agency with a description of the consequence as it relates to motor vehicle safety.
What gets fixed
THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF BUSES THAT HAD THE LIFTS INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND MAXON WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE REPLACEMENT LIFTS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 23, 2007.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtApril 2005 to May 2006
- Recall reported to NHTSA12 September 2006
- Owners notified23 May 2007
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 12 September 2006.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact maxon at 562-404-6727.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- MAXON INDUSTRIES
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 403
- Recall initiated by
- OVSC
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.