- Vehicles
- 5,594
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 12
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 26 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.
- Ricon K2003
- Ricon K2005
- Ricon K2010
- Ricon K5503
- Ricon K5505
- Ricon K5510
- Ricon S2003
- Ricon S2005
- Ricon S2010
- Ricon S5503
- Ricon S5505
- Ricon S5510
What the defect is
Certain ricon "s" and "k" series platform style wheelchair lifts installed as original equipment on certain speciality vehicles and sold as replacement equipment. These lifts are equipped with different size inboard rollstops, 30", 32", and 34". The inboard rollstop interlock may not detect the presence of a "wheelchair test device" as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, platform lift systems for motor vehicles. The lift may deploy downward from the vehicle floor level, nor detecting the presence of a wheelchair or standee occupant.
What could happen
The wheelchair occupant will feel his/her wheelchair moving upward causing occupant to begin to tilt backward.
What gets fixed
RICON WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE LIFTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 26, 2007.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA29 December 2006
- Owners notified26 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 29 December 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 can contact ricon toll-free at 1-800-322-2884.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- RICON CORPORATION
- 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.