NHTSA recall 08V478000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	08V478000
Manufacturer	AROUND TOWN TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS, LLC
Reported	2008-09-18
Owners notified	2008-09-26
Component	EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Units potentially affected	6

What is wrong

AROUND TOWN IS RECALLING 6 MY 2003 FORD E-350 AND MY 2006 E-250 WHEELCHAIR CONVERSION VANS EQUIPPED WITH RICON PLATFORM STYLE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 404, "PLATFORM LIFT INSTALLATIONS IN MOTOR VEHICLES." THE THRESHOLD WARNING SYSTEM MAY NOT DETECT THE PRESENCE OF A WHEELCHAIR OR MOBILITY AID USER IN A CERTAIN SPOT WITHIN THE DEFINED THRESHOLD AREA.

What can happen

THE USER OF THE LIFT COULD BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT MOVE UNINTENTIONALLY.

The remedy

AROUND TOWN IS WORKING WITH RICON TO CORRECT THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07E095). OWNERS MAY CONTACT RICON AT 1-818-267-3000 OR AROUND TOWN AT 1-678-364-8594.

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.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2006 FORD E-250	Built 2006-08-01 to 2006-12-31.
2003 FORD E-350	Built 2003-08-01 to 2003-12-31.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EQ08011

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EQ08011	Equipment query, opened 2008-07-29, closed 2010-03-04. RICON/THRESHOLD WARNING/ANTI-STOW. EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.