Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair lift/ramp: controls/control wiring (Farber Specialty)
Vehicle recall 26V-592. NHTSA received Farber Specialty Vehicles’s report on Sep 11, 2026.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Farber Specialty Vehicles’s report on Sep 11, 2026. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
A wheelchair lift that continues to move while occupied increases the risk of injury.
Farber Specialty Vehicles (Farber Specialty) is recalling certain Farber vehicles equipped with certain S-Series and K-Series wheelchair platform lifts.
Please see the recall report for a complete list of models.
The electrical contactor may fail, preventing the controls from stopping the lift.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair lift/ramp: controls/control wiring.
What should you do?
Farber Specialty will work with Ricon to correct the wiring by installing two diodes, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 1, 2026. Owners may contact Farber customer service at 1-800-331-3188.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 69 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Farber Specialty Chevrolet 7500XD2025
- Farber Specialty M-B Sprinter2025202420232022
- Farber Specialty Ford Transit20252024
- Farber Specialty International MV607 SBA 4X22024
- Farber Specialty Freightliner MT5520242023
- Farber Specialty Freightliner MT50E2024
- Farber Specialty Freightliner M2 1062024
- Farber Specialty Freightliner M22024
- Farber Specialty Utilimaster F5KS2021
- Farber Specialty Winnebago WKJ33S2025
- Farber Specialty Winnebago WKJ38S2025
- Farber Specialty Ford E4502026202520242023
- Farber Specialty Ford F5502025202420232022
- Farber Specialty Winnebago WFJ33FS2024
- Farber Specialty Ford F6002024
- Farber Specialty Ford F6502027
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Farber Specialty Vehicles.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.