Eldorado Aerotech 240, model years 2012 to 2014. Filed by Eldorado National- Kansas and reported to NHTSA on 21 May 2014. 28 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says 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.
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.
Eldorado's own number for this recall: 14E-010. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14V269 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14V269 cover?
- Eldorado Aerotech 240, model years 2012-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- 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.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- 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.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. 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.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Eldorado calls this recall 14E-010, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “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.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14V269 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Eldorado National- Kansas |
| System at fault | Equipment Adaptive/Mobility |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 May 2014 |
| Model years | 2012-2014 |
| Vehicles named | ELDORADO AEROTECH 240 |
What the notice says today
The 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.
The remedy
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.
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 289 notices in the record whose component field names equipment adaptive/mobility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 36 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 14V269, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v269/
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 Eldorado notices we hold
- 19V261: 2017-2018 Aerotech shuttle buses built on a Ford chassis equipped with ASA Electronics back-up camera display recalled under 19E-009
- 16V697: model year 2016 Axess transit buses manufactured May 1, 2016, to September 20, 2016
- 16V441: model year 2012-2016 Amerivan 10
- 16V309: model year 2016 Advantage and Aerotech transit buses manufactured January 15, 2016, to January 29, 2016 and built on a Ford chassis
- 16V012: model year 2010-2015 Axess and EZRM, 2011-2015 XHF, and 2014-2016 Arrivo
- 15V556: model year 2015 Amerivan
- 15V316: model year 2007-2015 Axess, E-Z Rider II, and XHF
- 15V264: model year 2012-2015 Amerivan 10
All 15 Eldorado campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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 14V269 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
dcd1d97a - Consequence
300898de - 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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