2006–2007 Eldorado Aero Elite & 2006–2007 Eldorado Aerolite + 2 more recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
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.
💥 The risk
Should the threshold warning system fail to operate, the lift user CAN fall from the vehicle and be seriously injured.
🔧 The 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.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 08V103000
- Manufacturer
- ELDORADO NATIONAL
- Vehicles affected
- 210
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-946-7513
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Built
- Jul 1, 2006 – Oct 30, 2007
- Recall started by
- MFR
- 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.