NHTSA Recall 08V103000
NHTSA Campaign Id 08V103000; Date: Mar. 7, 2008
Should the threshold warning system fail to operate, the lift user can fall from the vehicle and be seriously injured.
Recalled Vehicles:
2006 Eldorado Aero Elite; 2007 Eldorado Aero Elite; 2006 Eldorado Aerolite; 2007 Eldorado Aerolite; 2006 Eldorado Aerotech; 2007 Eldorado Aerotech; 2006 Eldorado Transtech; 2007 Eldorado Transtech
Component: Adaptive Equipment
Manufactured by: Eldorado National
Affected Units:: 210
Recall Summary:
Eldorado is recalling 210 my 2006-2007 aero elite, aerotech, aerolite and transtech buses equipped with braun platform lifts for failing to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, 'platform lift installations in motor vehicles. ' the threshold warning systems of the wheelchair lifts do not conform to the threshold warning signal.
How to Fix:
Braun will correct the wheelchair lift free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule. Owners may contact eldorado at 1-937-596-6849 or braun corporation at 1-800-946-7513.
Recall Notes:
Customers may also 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.
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