The 1994 Ford E-150 has 2 recalls, both affecting vans equipped with Ricon platform-style wheelchair lifts, where safety sensors can fail to detect a wheelchair or mobility aid user and allow the lift to move or stow while someone is still on it.
One sensor issue involves the anti-stow interlock, which may not recognize that the lift is occupied, allowing it to begin folding away with a user still aboard. A separate sensor covers a specific zone within the threshold area and can similarly fail to detect a user's presence, causing the lift to move unexpectedly. Both conditions raise the risk of injury to the lift occupant.
At a glance
What can fail
The wheelchair lift's safety sensor isn't sensitive enough to detect a wheelchair or person on the platform. The lift could fold up even when someone or something is still on it.
What the fix does
The pressure sensing switch will be adjusted to properly detect weight on the platform. The repair is free.
Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
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At a glance
What can fail
The wheelchair lift's threshold warning system may fail to detect a wheelchair or mobility aid user positioned in certain areas of the defined threshold zone.
What the fix does
R&R Mobility and Ricon will correct the wheelchair lift at no charge. Contact Ricon at 1-818-267-3000.
Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
