2012 ELDORADO AEROTECH 240 Recalls (2)
- Campaign:
- 13V009000 on 01/13/2013
- Component:
- Equipment
- Affected:
- 21
- Defect:
- Eldorado national is recalling certain model year 2012 aerotech 240 buses manufactured may 2012, through october 2012. the affected buses are equipped with a ricon manufactured wheelchair lift which has an optional armored pendant cable. the cable may have been installed such that it doesn't clear the wheelchair lift and without a protective cover, or a misinstalled protective cover.
- Consequence:
- The cable may contact the power lug at the base of the wheel chair lift causing a short circuit that could result in a fire.
- Correction:
- Eldorado national is working with ricon to notify owners. ricon will provide a supplemental cover kit with instructions, free of charge. owners may contact eldorado national at 1-785-827-1033 or ricon at 1-818-267-3000.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 14V269000 on 05/20/2014
- Component:
- Equipment adaptive
- Affected:
- 28
- Defect:
- Eldorado national-kansas inc. (eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 aerotech 240 vehicles, 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.
- Consequence:
- 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.
- Correction:
- Eldorado will notify owners, and ricon will send the owner a supplemental cover kit and instructions free of charge. the recall began july 17, 2014. owners may contact eldorado customer service at 1-800-850-1287 or ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884 or by e-mail at recall.admin@wabtec.com. eldorado's number for this recall is 14e-010.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
2012 ELDORADO AEROTECH 240 TSB
- Bulletin:
- 2011-0303_V1
- Component:
- 160000 structure
- Summary:
- This technical service bulletin (tsb) outlines the repair/replacement of the roof interior ply-layer of verticel material due to water leaks, and the verticell ply-layer becomes damaged.