Equipment adaptive/mobility (Ameritrans)
Vehicle recall 14V-728. NHTSA received Ameritrans Bus, Inc.’s report on Nov 13, 2014.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Ameritrans Bus, Inc.’s report on Nov 13, 2014. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 22, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
If the platform side plates crack, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle’s lift door. When the doors are opened, the platform may fall out, increasing the risk of injury to the lift operator.
Ameritrans Bus, Inc.
(Ameritrans) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Ford E Series shuttle buses built on E150, E250, E350, and E450, and Freightliner M2 Series shuttle buses manufactured August 1, 2012, to July 10, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon Corporation.
The platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may crack.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment adaptive/mobility.
What should you do?
Ameritrans will notify owners to take the shuttle buses to a Ricon dealer or service center who will install supplemental platform support bumpers. Any platform that has already started cracking will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on January 5, 2015. Owners may contact Ameritrans customer service at 1-574-262-8935 or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 26 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
- Ameritrans M2 Seriesand 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Ameritrans E Seriesand 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Ameritrans Bus, Inc..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 22, 2026 and checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 22, 2026.