NHTSA campaign 15V769000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Corp. Micro Bird Inc.: Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

Corp. Micro Bird Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 18, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 223. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Corp. Micro Bird Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 MBII, G5, and T-Series school buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2014, and equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts built by the Ricon Corporation. The affected lifts are equipped with folding link arms that may have pivot holes that are too big, allowing the bearings to move out of position.

The risk

If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.

The remedy

Micro Bird will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on December 11, 2015. Owners may contact Micro Bird customer service at 1-819-477-2012, or Ricon Customer Service at 1-800-322-2884. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 15-063-RUS.

27 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes
2014 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	18	0	0
2014 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	13	0	0
2014 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	5	0	0
2013 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	17	0	0
2013 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	12	0	0
2013 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	5	0	0
2012 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	18	0	0
2012 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	12	0	0
2012 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	5	0	0
2011 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	19	0	0
2011 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	13	0	0
2011 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	4	0	0
2010 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	18	0	0
2010 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	13	0	0
2010 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	3	0	0
2009 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	12	0	0
2009 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	13	0	0
2009 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	3	0	0
2008 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	10	0	0
2008 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	15	0	0
2008 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	3	0	0
2007 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	10	0	0
2007 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	10	0	0
2007 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	3	0	0
2006 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	10	0	0
2006 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	8	0	0
2006 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	3	0	0

What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V769000.

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