Ricon R1209 (Seatbase), Ricon R1209-E (Seatbase), Ricon R1209-L (Seatbase), Ricon R17740 (Seatbase), model year 9999. Filed by Ricon Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 31 March 2026. 1,820 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ricon Corporation (Ricon) is recalling certain R1200 series 6-Way and 4-Way Power Transfer Seat Base (PTSB) motorized seat bases. The PTSB gear motor may fail to lock the seat in place when certain forces are applied. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26E017 cover?
- Ricon R1209 (Seatbase), Ricon R1209-E (Seatbase), Ricon R1209-L (Seatbase), Ricon R17740 (Seatbase).
- What is wrong with them?
- Ricon Corporation (Ricon) is recalling certain R1200 series 6-Way and 4-Way Power Transfer Seat Base (PTSB) motorized seat bases. The PTSB gear motor may fail to lock the seat in place when certain forces are applied.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A seat that moves may not properly restrain the occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. The remedy is currently under development. Interim owner notification letters explaining the safety risk were mailed April 14, 2026. Another notice will be sent once the final remedy becomes available. Owners may contact Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884.
- 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: “A seat that moves may not properly restrain the occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26E017 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Ricon Corporation |
| System at fault | Seats:Critical Fasteners |
| Reported to NHTSA | 31 March 2026 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | RICON R1209 (SEATBASE), RICON R1209-E (SEATBASE), RICON R1209-L (SEATBASE), RICON R17740 (SEATBASE) |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A seat that moves may not properly restrain the occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
The remedy is currently under development. Interim owner notification letters explaining the safety risk were mailed April 14, 2026. Another notice will be sent once the final remedy becomes available. Owners may contact Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884.
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 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 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 26E017, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26e017/
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
- 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
- 14E010: S series and K series wheelchair lifts manufactured January 1, 2013, through January 4, 2014, and equipped with an optional armored pendant cable
All 10 Ricon 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 26E017 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4ba8d331 - Consequence
32981971 - 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.
The wording we hold for 26E017 · how the whole register is watched
170 days after this was filed with the regulator, the register still carries no date for the letter to owners. The sixty days 49 CFR 577.7 allows have passed. A blank there is a gap in the record, which is not the same as a gap in the post: where this maker stands on the sixty days.
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