Ricon K2005, Ricon K2010, Ricon K5505, Ricon K5510, Ricon S2003, Ricon S2005, model year 9999. Filed by Ricon Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 14 January 2013. 4,075 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ricon is recalling certain S series and K Series wheelchair lifts manufactured after August 1, 2006, and equipped with 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.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13E001 cover?
- Ricon K2005, Ricon K2010, Ricon K5505, Ricon K5510, Ricon S2003, Ricon S2005, Ricon S2010, Ricon S5505.
- What is wrong with them?
- Ricon is recalling certain S series and K Series wheelchair lifts manufactured after August 1, 2006, and equipped with an optional armored pendant cable.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- 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.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Ricon will notify the affected vehicles manufacturers and will provide a supplemental cover kit and instructions, free of charge. This recall campaign began during February 2013. Owners may contact Ricon at 1-818-267-3000. Note: This recall supersedes recall 12E-038.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “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.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13E001 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Ricon Corporation |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 January 2013 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | RICON K2005, RICON K2010, RICON K5505, RICON K5510, RICON S2003, RICON S2005, RICON S2010, RICON S5505, RICON S5510 |
What the notice says today
The 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.
The remedy
Ricon will notify the affected vehicles manufacturers and will provide a supplemental cover kit and instructions, free of charge. This recall campaign began during February 2013. Owners may contact Ricon at 1-818-267-3000. Note: This recall supersedes recall 12E-038.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13E001, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13e001/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Ricon notices we hold
- 26E038: S-Series and K-Series wheelchair platform lifts
- 26E017: R1200 series 6-Way and 4-Way Power Transfer Seat Base (PTSB) motorized seat bases
- 23E091: Threshold Warning System Kits (TWS) with part number RI32885, designed for use with Ricon Baylift and Mirage Series wheelchair lifts
- 21E068: Baylift Wheelchair Lift, part number RISSBF3XXX-XX
- 18E044: S-Series and K-Series Titanium Wheelchair Lifts, models K200, K201, K550, K551, S200, S2201, S550 and S551
- 16E020: model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured August 26, 2014, to July 1, 2015
- 15E068: model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured January 1, 2006, to August 25, 2014
- 14E041: model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured after January 1, 2006
All 10 Ricon campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 13E001 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
49d80d48 - Consequence
8e44ab28 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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