Startrans recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility
What is wrong
Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 Azure Hybrid, Candidate, Senator, Senator HD, Senator II, President, President S2, Sentinel, and Trolley shuttle buses manufactured May 9, 2008, to August 9, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have pivot holes that are too big, allowing the bearings to move out of position.
What could happen
If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.
The fix
Supreme will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on March 14, 2016, 2016. Owners may contact Supreme customer service at 1-800-642-4889, or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Note: These buses and wheelchair lifts were subject to a similar recall in 2014. All vehicles that received that recall remedy are still affected by this recall as well.
Vehicles covered
- Startrans Azure Hybrid 2008–2014
- Startrans Candidate 2008–2014
- Startrans President 2008–2014
- Startrans President S2 2008–2014
- Startrans Senator 2008–2014
- Startrans Senator Hd 2008–2014
- Startrans Senator Ii 2008–2014
- Startrans Sentinel Bus 2008–2014
- Startrans Trolley 2008–2014
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 16V014000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Supreme Corporation
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jan 15, 2016
- Owners notified
- Mar 14, 2016
- Vehicles or items affected
- 1,762
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- May 9, 2008 to Aug 9, 2014
- Part
- Equipment adaptive/mobility
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
- Startrans recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility May 26, 2016
- Startrans / Supreme recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Oct 21, 2014
- Startrans recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Feb 28, 2013
- Startrans recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Apr 27, 2012
- Startrans recall: Equipment Nov 15, 2010
- Startrans recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility May 10, 2010
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.