Recall 15V750000

EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

Report Date
20151112
Component
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Affected Vehicles
70 models

Defect Description

Eldorado National- Kansas (Eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Aerotech, AeroElite, Aerolite, Advantage, Transtech, and Krystal shuttle buses and model year 2006-2014 VersaShuttle shuttle buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by the Ricon Corporation. 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.

Safety Consequence

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.

Remedy

Eldorado will notify owners, and Ricon 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 December 15, 2015. Owners may contact Eldorado customer service at 1-785-827-1033, 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.

Affected Vehicles

Year Make Model
2006 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2006 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2006 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2006 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2006 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2006 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2006 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2007 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2007 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2007 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2007 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2007 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2007 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2007 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2008 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2008 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2008 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2008 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2008 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2008 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2008 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2009 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2009 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2009 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2009 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2009 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2009 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2009 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2010 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2010 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2010 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2010 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2010 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2010 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2010 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2011 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2011 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2011 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2011 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2011 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2011 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2011 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2012 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2012 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2012 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2012 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2012 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2012 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2012 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2013 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2013 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2013 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2013 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2013 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2013 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2013 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2014 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2014 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2014 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2014 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2014 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2014 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2014 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS
2015 ELDORADO ADVANTAGE
2015 ELDORADO AERO ELITE
2015 ELDORADO AEROLITE
2015 ELDORADO AEROTECH
2015 ELDORADO TRANSTECH
2015 ELDORADO VERSA SHUTTLE
2015 KRYSTAL SHUTTLE BUS

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.