NHTSA campaign 18V574000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Corp. Micro Bird Inc.: Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

Corp. Micro Bird Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 30, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 6. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Corp. Micro Bird Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2012-2018 Micro Bird G5, MBII, and T-Series school buses, equipped with certain S-Series and K-Series Titanium Wheelchair Lifts, models K200, K201, K550, K551, S200, S2201, S550 and S551. The wheelchair lift positioning input cam may fail while the lift is in use, allowing the platform to travel higher than the vehicle's floor height. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 403, "Platform Lift Systems."

The risk

If the wheelchair lift platform stops above the vehicle floor, the wheelchair user can tip inwards toward the vehicle when exiting the lift, increasing their risk of injury.

The remedy

Micro Bird will notify owners, and Ricon dealers will replace the injection molded cam with a new aluminum machined cam. The recall is expected to begin October 22, 2018. Owners may contact Micro Bird customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 18-077-RUS.

21 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes
2018 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	16	0	0
2018 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	12	0	0
2018 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	9	0	0
2017 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	17	0	0
2017 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	11	0	0
2017 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	8	0	0
2016 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	19	0	0
2016 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	13	0	0
2016 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	9	0	0
2015 Micro Bird G5 School Bus	0	20	0	0
2015 Micro Bird MB II School Bus	0	13	0	0
2015 Micro Bird T-Series School Bus	0	10	0	0
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

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 18V574000.

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