NHTSA Campaign 12V169000

EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

Issued by MAIN MOBILITY, INC. · Reported Apr 17, 2012 · 34 vehicles affected

What's wrong

MAIN MOBILITY IS RECALLING CERTAIN CONVERSION VANS BUILT ON MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 CHEVROLET EXPRESS, 2009 GMC SAVANA, AND 2010 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT CHASSIS, AND FITTED WITH CERTAIN BRAUN WHEELCHAIR LIFTS. OVER TIME AND WITH FREQUENT USE, THE ROLL STOP LATCHES ON THE WHEELCHAIR LIFT’S OUTER BARRIER MAY BECOME BENT OR MISALIGNED.

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.

Remedy

MAIN MOBILITY IS WORKING WITH BRAUN TO NOTIFY OWNERS, AND BRAUN DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES, FREE OF CHARGE. MAIN MOBILITY HAS NOT PROVIDED A NOTIFICATION SCHEDULE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MAIN MOBILITY AT 1-716-759-6811.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2008 34
CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2009 34
CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2010 34
FORD TRANSIT CONNECT 2010 34
GMC SAVANA 2009 34

Source: NHTSA Campaign 12V169000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.