2013 FORD E-250 Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2013 Ford E-250 has 7 recalls, all involving wheelchair lift equipment on modified mobility vans, with the most serious being a short circuit risk on certain lifts equipped with an optional armored pendant cable that can contact an exposed power terminal. The remaining recalls center on two related structural problems with Ricon S-series wheelchair lifts installed by several different mobility upfitters. On certain lifts, the platform side plates can crack, or bearings can shift out of position and cause the platform mounting to fail, in both cases allowing the lift platform to separate and drop against the vehicle's door opening. These issues were filed by multiple installers, but the underlying lift defect is the same across all of them. There is also a separate concern where a positioning cam inside the lift mechanism can fail while the lift is operating, causing the platform to stop above the vehicle floor level rather than flush with it, which can tip a wheelchair user inward toward the vehicle when they try to exit.