- Vehicles
- 18,093
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 17 January 2007
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.
- Lift-U Wheelchair Lift
What the defect is
Certain lift-u wheelchair lifts equipped with a solid bar barrier linkage installed as original equipment on certain specialty vehicles and also sold as aftermarket retrofit equipment. The part numbers which make up the solid bar linkage are: 184-0042, 184-0041, 123-0288, and 123-0287. It is possible for a person to wedge their feet under the linkage.
What could happen
It is possible that a person with no shoes, no control of their foot could twist their foot and get it forced under the linkage while setting in a wheel chair which could result in a cut.
What gets fixed
THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS TO CONTACT LIFT-U FOR A FREE REPAIR KIT ALONG WITH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. LIFT-U WILL NOTIFY OWNERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THE SUBJECT LIFTS AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 15, 2007.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA30 October 2006
- Owners notified17 January 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 30 October 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 lift-u at 209-838-2400.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- LIFT-U
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
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.