The defect
Glaval Bus (Glaval) is recalling certain model year 2007-2012 Universal, Primetime, Sport, Concorde, Titan, Titan II, Entourage and Apollo transit buses manufactured January 1, 2007, through December 3, 2012, and equipped with certain Ricon S-series and K-series wheelchair lifts, with an optional armored pendant cable. The armored cable may be positioned such that it does not clear the wheelchair lift.
The risk
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.
The remedy
Glaval will notify owners, and Ricon will send owners a supplemental cover kit and instructions, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in June 2014. Owners may contact Glaval customer service at 1-800-445-2824 or Ricon Customer Service at 1-800-322-2884 or by e-mail at recall.admin@wabtec.com.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Glaval Apollo | 2007 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Entourage | 2007 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Sport | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Titan | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Titan II | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Universal | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Components: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaval Apollo | 2007 | 0 | 11 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Concorde | 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Entourage | 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2007 | 0 | 9 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2008 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2009 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Primetime | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Sport | 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Sport | 2008 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Sport | 2009 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Sport | 2010 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Sport | 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Sport | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Titan | 2007 | 1 | 11 |
| Glaval Titan | 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| Glaval Titan | 2009 | 1 | 11 |
| Glaval Titan | 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| Glaval Titan | 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Titan | 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Titan II | 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Titan II | 2008 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Titan II | 2009 | 0 | 8 |
| Glaval Titan II | 2010 | 0 | 11 |
Other equipment adaptive/mobility recalls in 2014
44 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the equipment adaptive/mobility; Glaval Bus filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 14V825000 29 Dec 2014 | Dodgen Industries, Inc. |
| 14V799000 17 Dec 2014 | Farber Specialty Vehicles |
| 14V780000 8 Dec 2014 | Kingmor Supply, Inc. |
| 14V766000 2 Dec 2014 | Double K Inc. |
| 14V767000 2 Dec 2014 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 14V742000 19 Nov 2014 | Champion Bus, Inc. |
| 14V728000 13 Nov 2014 | Ameritrans Bus, Inc. |
| 14V729000 13 Nov 2014 | Forest River, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014