The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2012-2016 Elkhart Coach ECII, Glaval Apollo and Sport buses, 2017-2018 Glaval Commute buses, 2012-2018 Glaval Entourage, Titan and Universal, StarCraft Bus Allstar and Starlite buses, 2013-2018 Glaval Legacy, Primetime and Titan II buses, 2015-2016 Allstar XL MVP buses, 2014-2016 StarCraft Prodigy buses, 2014 StarCraft Quest and Starquest buses, 2017 StarCraft Quest buses and 2016 StarCraft Senator II buses. These vehicles are equipped with certain Ricon S-Series and K-Series Titanium Wheel chair Lifts that have a wheelchair lift positioning input cam that may fail while the lift is in use, allowing the platform to travel higher than the vehicle's floor height.
The risk
If the wheelchair lift platform stops above the vehicle floor, the wheelchair user can tip inwards toward the vehicle when exiting the lift, increasing their risk of injury.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will replace the wheelchair lift positioning input cam, free of charge. The recall began October 10, 2018. Owners may contact Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-0852.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Elkhart Ecii | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Commute | 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Legacy | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Primetime | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Sport | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Titan | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Glaval Bus Universal | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar XL MVP | 2015, 2016 |
| Starcraft Bus Prodigy | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Starcraft Bus Quest | 2014, 2017 |
| Starcraft Bus Senator II | 2016 |
| Starcraft Bus Starlite | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Starcraft Bus Starquest | 2014 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Ecii | 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| Elkhart Ecii | 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| Elkhart Ecii | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Elkhart Ecii | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Elkhart Ecii | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2017 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2018 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Commute | 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Bus Commute | 2018 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde | 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2017 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2018 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2012 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2017 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2018 | 0 | 5 |
Other equipment adaptive/mobility recalls in 2018
15 of the 912 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2018 concerned the equipment adaptive/mobility; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 18V611000 11 Sept 2018 | Coach and Equipment Mfg Corp. |
| 18V603000 10 Sept 2018 | Turtle Top |
| 18V584000 4 Sept 2018 | Collins Bus Corporation |
| 18V583000 31 Aug 2018 | Eldorado National-Kansas |
| 18V577000 30 Aug 2018 | Brown Industries, LLC |
| 18V573000 30 Aug 2018 | Champion Bus, Inc. |
| 18V574000 30 Aug 2018 | Corp. Micro Bird Inc. |
| 18V563000 24 Aug 2018 | Navistar, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2018