2009 Trans Tech DW5+9159FRL recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Transportation collaborative incorporated (tci) is recalling one model year 2007 DW7+9195FRL manufactured by U.S. Bus and equipped with a braun CENTURY-2 or a VISTA-2 wheelchair lift. Over time and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the wheelchair lifts outer barrier may become bent or misaligned. A wheelchair occupant may defeat or ride over the insufficiently latched roll stop.
💥 The risk
If this occurs when the lift platform is in an elevated position, the wheelchairs occupant could fall and sustain injury.
🔧 The fix
Tci will notify the owner, and the repairs will be performed by an authorized braun dealer free of charge. The safety recall began on may 9, 2012. Owners may contact tci at 845-988-0419.
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
- 12V172000
- Manufacturer
- TRANS TECH BUS
- Vehicles affected
- 1
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- Owner phone
- 1-845-988-0419
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 9, 2012
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Customers may 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.