Glaval recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility
What is wrong
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 Glaval Universal, Primetime, Sport, Titan, and Titan II transit and shuttle buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to September 26, 2014, and equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon. The platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may crack.
What could happen
If the platform side plates crack, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle's lift door. When the doors are opened, the platform may fall out, increasing the risk of injury to the lift operator.
The fix
Forest River will notify owners to take buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2014. Owners may contact Glaval customer service at 1-800-445-2825 or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884.
Vehicles covered
- Glaval Primetime 2006–2014
- Glaval Sport 2006–2014
- Glaval Titan 2006–2014
- Glaval Titan Ii 2006–2014
- Glaval Universal 2006–2014
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 14V599000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Forest River, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Sep 26, 2014
- Owners notified
- Dec 1, 2014
- Vehicles or items affected
- 828
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- Jan 1, 2006 to Sep 26, 2014
- Part
- Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 403
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Glaval / Glaval Bus recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Apr 30, 2014
- Glaval / Glaval Bus recall: Electrical system Jan 8, 2014
- Glaval / Glaval Bus recall: Electrical system Oct 18, 2013
- Glaval / Glaval Bus recall: Equipment Dec 10, 2012
- Glaval / Glaval Bus recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Jul 9, 2012
- Glaval / Glaval Bus recall: Equipment Jan 13, 2012
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.