Ricon S5510
Vehicle Details: Recalls, Investigations
Below you will find all available information on the RICON S5510.
| Manufacturer | Known WMI(s) | Fuel Type |
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| RICON |
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Sub-models: - S5510-l -
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Are there recalls for the RICON S5510?
- There are 9 recall(s) for the RICON S5510, additional information is below.
Recall 112338 [USA]: If the platform side plates crack or the platform mounting fails from out-of-position bearings, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle's lift door. when the vehicle's doors are opened, the platform may fall onto the lift operator, increasing their risk of injury.
Recall 115136 [USA]: 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.
Recall 118156 [USA]: 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.
Recall 103521 [USA]: If the cable does not clear the wheel chair lift it may contact the power lug and if it does not have a nonconductive cover, or it has an improperly installed non-conductive cover, then a short circuit may occur that could result in a fire.
Recall 93484 [USA]: The cable may contact the power lug at the base of the wheel chair lift causing a short circuit that could result in a fire.
Recall 66994 [USA]: When the platform overruns the vehicle floor level and stops at an angle from 15-20 degrees, it is possible for a person in a wheelchair to tip over and for someone standing on the platform to fall, possibly resulting in injuries.
Recall 90395 [USA]: A lift occupant can be injured should the lift begin to stow unintentionally.
Recall 90463 [USA]: The user of the lift could be injured should the lift move unintentionally.
Recall 37490 [USA]: The wheelchair occupant will feel his/her wheelchair moving upward causing occupant to begin to tilt backward.
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Wheelchair lift platform cracking investigation # EQ14013
See attached closing report.
Ricon/threshold warning/anti-stow investigation # EQ08011
On 11/2/2007 ricon filed two noncompliance reports for their s series and k series platform style wheelchair lifts.Ricon identified certain wheelchair lifts (07e-095), manufactured between 4/1/2005 and 10/9/07, as failing to comply with the threshold warning system requirements of fmvss 403 s7.4.These lifts threshold warning system might not activate if a mobility aid (such as a wheelchair) moves toward a certain point in the threshold area.Should this system not operate properly, the wheelchair lift occupant might fall from the lift and suffer injury.Ricon submitted another noncompliance report (07e-097) for the s series & k series wheelchair lifts, encompassing some of the lifts from the above recall.Manufactured between 4/1/05 and 6/6/2006, certain lifts may fail to comply with their anti-stow interlock requirements of fmvss 403 s7.The pressure sensing switch that detects weight on the platform might not be adjusted to the proper sensitivity level.These lifts might begin to tilt toward the vehicle and begin to stow while an occupant is still on the lift.This may cause the occupant to slide or fall from the lift and suffer injury.On september 8, 2008 rmd mailed letters to 183 companies, which constituted the entirety of ricons customer list for the recalled products, advising them of ricons recall and requesting that they file their required reports.Rmd followed that mailing with a2nd ir letteron 11/17/2008.As a result of those mailings, a total of 53 companies decided to submit a noncompliance report and conduct a safety recall for the vehicles they manufactured or altered as "new" vehicles with the installation of these recalled wheelchair lifts.A total of 95 recalls (many companies filing a report for each recall) were received as a result of these initial mailings.In the course of the eq, it was learned that one of ricons customers, vantage mobility international (vmi), actually distributed its wheelchair lifts to hundreds of other companies.Vmi had notified many of its customers of the ricon recalls, but none of those companies had notified nhtsa of any new vehicles manufactured or altered with this equipment.On june 17-19, 2009 rmd mailed 502 addional ir letters.These letters contained a set of questions asking if the recalled lifts were installed into new or used vehicles and also asked if vin information was recorded by the company.In the event the companies would not be able to notify their customers, rmd wanted to know if vin information could be transmitted back to ricon for proper customer notifications based on state registration records.A total of 17 companies filed 31 noncompliance reports as a result of the june 2009 mailing.A total of 126 safety recalls were conducted as a result of this equipment query.A total of 258 companies failed to respond to rmds ir letters and they will be referred to the office of the chief counsel for further action.Totals and the eq mailing spreadsheet are attached below and available in the document repository.This eq is closed.
Ricon "s" & "k" 5500 wheelchair lifts investigation # EA08013
The office of defects investigation received one fleet complaint identifying 33 alleged failures on the subject wheelchair lifts. The alleged failures occurred on school buses in two alaskan school districts.The allegations described cracks developing on the lifts vertical support arms at a pinned joint where a horizontal arm interfaces with the vertical arm.The lifts are used to raise wheelchairs from the street level to allow entry into school buses and also to lower wheelchairs from the school bus back to ground level.When this ea was opened, odi was concerned that thebent arms wouldpresent two possible safety concerns.First, the bent arms may prevent an inboard bridge from laying flat and thus prevent a wheel chair from being quickly loaded on to the lift in an emergency.Second, the bent arms may defeat an interlock that prevents the lift from moving while being loaded and possibly tipping over a wheel chair bound passenger.Ricon has acknowledged that there is a design deficiency in the lifts that cause the vertical arms to bend but feels that the bent arms do not represent a safety concern because the operator will see that the lift is damaged before a passenger is loaded onto the bus.If the driver sees that the lift is damaged, they should not load a passenger who would then need to be unloaded in an emergency.After conducting a test program and a series of lift inspections, odi agrees with ricon that the failure of the vertical arms are progressive and noticeable in that both the inboard and the outboard barriers will not lie flat.These barriers progressively move further and further from lying flat and represent a warning to the operator that there is a problem with the lift and it should not be used.Odi is not aware of any injuries related to the bent vertical arms.Odi has also interviewed lift operators from multiple fleets and found that there has been no trouble loading or unloading the lifts.All of the fleets interviewed indicated that bent vertical arms were identified by lift operators reporting the failure or during routine periodic lift inspections.In light of the information gathered in this investigation and ricons agreement to conduct a service campaign to remedy the design deficiency in the subject lifts, further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that no safety-related defect exists.The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.For additional information, see the attached closing report.
Ricon/threshold warning/anti-stow investigation # EQ08011
On 11/2/2007 ricon filed two noncompliance reports for their s series and k series platform style wheelchair lifts.Ricon identified certain wheelchair lifts (07e-095), manufactured between 4/1/2005 and 10/9/07, as failing to comply with the threshold warning system requirements of fmvss 403 s7.4.These lifts threshold warning system might not activate if a mobility aid (such as a wheelchair) moves toward a certain point in the threshold area.Should this system not operate properly, the wheelchair lift occupant might fall from the lift and suffer injury.Ricon submitted another noncompliance report (07e-097) for the s series & k series wheelchair lifts, encompassing some of the lifts from the above recall.Manufactured between 4/1/05 and 6/6/2006, certain lifts may fail to comply with their anti-stow interlock requirements of fmvss 403 s7.The pressure sensing switch that detects weight on the platform might not be adjusted to the proper sensitivity level.These lifts might begin to tilt toward the vehicle and begin to stow while an occupant is still on the lift.This may cause the occupant to slide or fall from the lift and suffer injury.On september 8, 2008 rmd mailed letters to 183 companies, which constituted the entirety of ricons customer list for the recalled products, advising them of ricons recall and requesting that they file their required reports.Rmd followed that mailing with a2nd ir letteron 11/17/2008.As a result of those mailings, a total of 53 companies decided to submit a noncompliance report and conduct a safety recall for the vehicles they manufactured or altered as "new" vehicles with the installation of these recalled wheelchair lifts.A total of 95 recalls (many companies filing a report for each recall) were received as a result of these initial mailings.In the course of the eq, it was learned that one of ricons customers, vantage mobility international (vmi), actually distributed its wheelchair lifts to hundreds of other companies.Vmi had notified many of its customers of the ricon recalls, but none of those companies had notified nhtsa of any new vehicles manufactured or altered with this equipment.On june 17-19, 2009 rmd mailed 502 addional ir letters.These letters contained a set of questions asking if the recalled lifts were installed into new or used vehicles and also asked if vin information was recorded by the company.In the event the companies would not be able to notify their customers, rmd wanted to know if vin information could be transmitted back to ricon for proper customer notifications based on state registration records.A total of 17 companies filed 31 noncompliance reports as a result of the june 2009 mailing.A total of 126 safety recalls were conducted as a result of this equipment query.A total of 258 companies failed to respond to rmds ir letters and they will be referred to the office of the chief counsel for further action.Totals and the eq mailing spreadsheet are attached below and available in the document repository.This eq is closed.
Ricon "s" & "k" 5500 wheelchair lifts investigation # EA08013
There is no summary currently available
Ricon/threshold warning/anti-stow investigation # EQ08011
There is no summary currently available
Ricon s & k 5500 wheelchair lifts investigation # EA08013
The office of defects investigation received one fleet complaint identifying 33 alleged failures on the subject wheelchair lifts. The alleged failures occurred on school buses in two alaskan school districts.The allegations described cracks developing on the lifts vertical support arms at a pinned joint where a horizontal arm interfaces with the vertical arm.The lifts are used to raise wheelchairs from the street level to allow entry into school buses and also to lower wheelchairs from the school bus back to ground level.When this ea was opened, odi was concerned that thebent arms wouldpresent two possible safety concerns.First, the bent arms may prevent an inboard bridge from laying flat and thus prevent a wheel chair from being quickly loaded on to the lift in an emergency.Second, the bent arms may defeat an interlock that prevents the lift from moving while being loaded and possibly tipping over a wheel chair bound passenger.Ricon has acknowledged that there is a design deficiency in the lifts that cause the vertical arms to bend but feels that the bent arms do not represent a safety concern because the operator will see that the lift is damaged before a passenger is loaded onto the bus.If the driver sees that the lift is damaged, they should not load a passenger who would then need to be unloaded in an emergency.After conducting a test program and a series of lift inspections, odi agrees with ricon that the failure of the vertical arms are progressive and noticeable in that both the inboard and the outboard barriers will not lie flat.These barriers progressively move further and further from lying flat and represent a warning to the operator that there is a problem with the lift and it should not be used.Odi is not aware of any injuries related to the bent vertical arms.Odi has also interviewed lift operators from multiple fleets and found that there has been no trouble loading or unloading the lifts.All of the fleets interviewed indicated that bent vertical arms were identified by lift operators reporting the failure or during routine periodic lift inspections.In light of the information gathered in this investigation and ricons agreement to conduct a service campaign to remedy the design deficiency in the subject lifts, further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that no safety-related defect exists.The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.For additional information, see the attached closing report.
Ricon/threshold warning/anti-stow investigation # EQ08011
On 11/2/2007 ricon filed two noncompliance reports for their s series and k series platform style wheelchair lifts.Ricon identified certain wheelchair lifts (07e-095), manufactured between 4/1/2005 and 10/9/07, as failing to comply with the threshold warning system requirements of fmvss 403 s7.4.These lifts threshold warning system might not activate if a mobility aid (such as a wheelchair) moves toward a certain point in the threshold area.Should this system not operate properly, the wheelchair lift occupant might fall from the lift and suffer injury.Ricon submitted another noncompliance report (07e-097) for the s series & k series wheelchair lifts, encompassing some of the lifts from the above recall.Manufactured between 4/1/05 and 6/6/2006, certain lifts may fail to comply with their anti-stow interlock requirements of fmvss 403 s7.The pressure sensing switch that detects weight on the platform might not be adjusted to the proper sensitivity level.These lifts might begin to tilt toward the vehicle and begin to stow while an occupant is still on the lift.This may cause the occupant to slide or fall from the lift and suffer injury.On september 8, 2008 rmd mailed letters to 183 companies, which constituted the entirety of ricons customer list for the recalled products, advising them of ricons recall and requesting that they file their required reports.Rmd followed that mailing with a2nd ir letteron 11/17/2008.As a result of those mailings, a total of 53 companies decided to submit a noncompliance report and conduct a safety recall for the vehicles they manufactured or altered as new vehicles with the installation of these recalled wheelchair lifts.A total of 95 recalls (many companies filing a report for each recall) were received as a result of these initial mailings.In the course of the eq, it was learned that one of ricons customers, vantage mobility international (vmi), actually distributed its wheelchair lifts to hundreds of other companies.Vmi had notified many of its customers of the ricon recalls, but none of those companies had notified nhtsa of any new vehicles manufactured or altered with this equipment.On june 17-19, 2009 rmd mailed 502 addional ir letters.These letters contained a set of questions asking if the recalled lifts were installed into new or used vehicles and also asked if vin information was recorded by the company.In the event the companies would not be able to notify their customers, rmd wanted to know if vin information could be transmitted back to ricon for proper customer notifications based on state registration records.A total of 17 companies filed 31 noncompliance reports as a result of the june 2009 mailing.A total of 126 safety recalls were conducted as a result of this equipment query.A total of 258 companies failed to respond to rmds ir letters and they will be referred to the office of the chief counsel for further action.Totals and the eq mailing spreadsheet are attached below and available in the document repository.This eq is closed.
Wheelchair lift arm fractures investigation # PE08022
The office of defects investigation has received one fleet complaint identifying 33 alleged failures on the subject wheelchair lifts. The alleged failures have occurred on school buses in two alaskan school districts.These allegations describe cracks developing on the lifts vertical support arms at a pinned joint where a horizontal arm interfaces with the vertical arm.The lifts are used to raise wheelchairs from the street level to allow entry into the school bus.These bent arms may cause three possible safety concerns.First, the bent arms may prevent an inboard bridge from laying flat and thus prevent a wheel chair from loading the lift in an emergency.Second, bent arms may cause the anti-stow interlock switch to become out of adjustment possibly allowing the lift to start moving to the stowed position while a chair is still on the platform.Third, the bent arms may also create a situation where the requirements of fmvss 403 - s6.10.2.3 are no longer met.Ricon feels that the bent arms are not a safety concern because the operator will see that the lift is damaged before a passenger is loaded onto the bus.If the driver sees that the lift is damaged, they should not load a passenger that would then need to be unloaded in an emergency.This pe has been upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea) to determine what causes the arms to fail, if the arms can fail while the lift is in a stowed position, and if a passenger can be loaded while the lift is in a failed condition.