Recall Register

2012 Ford E-450: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 2012 Ford E-450. The newest campaign is 15V112000. NHTSA received the report on 25 Feb 2015. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment Adaptive/Mobility. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 15V112000, in the NHTSA record

Farber will notify owners to take their vehicles 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 March 24, 2015. Owners may contact Farber customer service at 1-800-331-3188, or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Farber's number for this recall is 14E-041.
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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 618 units in total.

  • 15V112000Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
  • 14V595000Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
  • 14V501000Fuel System, Other / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
  • 14V426000Fuel System, Other / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

  1. 15V112000Received . 117 units.

    Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Farber Specialty Vehicles (Farber) is recalling various specialty vehicles modified by Farber and equipped with 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.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    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.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Farber will notify owners to take their vehicles 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 March 24, 2015. Owners may contact Farber customer service at 1-800-331-3188, or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Farber's number for this recall is 14E-041.

    Report filed by Farber Specialty Vehicles. Manufacturer campaign number 14E-041. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 14V595000Received . 437 units.

    Equipment Adaptive/Mobility

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Elkhart Coach (Elkhart) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 Ford E-350 and Ford E-450 vehicles manufactured January 1, 2006, to May 1, 2014 and 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.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    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.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Elkhart will notify owners to take the vehicles 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 October 1, 2014. Owners may contact Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Owners may also contact Elkhart customer service at 1-574-264-5179. This recall has been superseded by campaign 15V-768.

    Report filed by Elkhart Coach. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 14V501000Received . 28 units.

    Fuel System, Other / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Adrian Steel Company (Adrian) is recalling certain model year 2012 Ford E-150, E-250 and E-350 Commercial Cargo Vans modified by Adrian between September 21, 2012, to September 24, 2012. The affected vehicles are equipped with certain propane fuel system conversion kits with an aluminum fuel line fitting manufactured by Roush CleanTech. Due to a reaction between the different metals, the affected kits may develop a propane leak where the aluminum fuel line fitting contacts the brass supply valve housing.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A propane leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Adrian will notify owners, and dealers will replace the aluminum fuel line fittings with stainless steel fittings, free of charge. The recall began during July 2014. Owners may contact Adrian customer service at 1-800-677-2726.

    Report filed by Adrian Steel Company.

  4. 14V426000Received . 36 units.

    Fuel System, Other / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Roush Performance Products, Inc. (Roush) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Ford E-150 Wagons and Cargo Vans, E-250 Cargo Vans and Extended Cargo Vans, E-350 Wagons, Extended Wagons, Cargo Vans, and Extended Vans, and E-450 Cutaway models. These models were modified by Roush to be equipped with certain propane fuel system conversion kits manufactured January 2011 to August 2012 with an aluminum fuel line fitting. Due to a reaction between the different metals, the affected kits may develop a propane leak where the aluminum fuel line fitting contacts the brass supply valve housing.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A propane leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Roush will notify owners and will replace the aluminum fuel line fittings with new stainless steel fittings, free of charge. The recall began on September 1, 2014. Owners may contact Roush customer service at 1-800-597-6874.

    Report filed by Roush Performance Products, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19921
  2. 19931
  3. 19941
  4. 19951
  5. 19962
  6. 19972
  7. 19982
  8. 19992
  9. 20002
  10. 20012
  11. 20022
  12. 20034
  13. 20043
  14. 20056
  15. 200611
  16. 200711
  17. 20088
  18. 20099
  19. 20106
  20. 20118
  21. 20124
  22. 20132
  23. 20143
  24. 20151
  25. 20164
  26. 20172
  27. 20184
  28. 20216
  29. 20223
  30. 20233
  31. 20261
  32. 20271

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2012 Ford E-450: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/e-450/2012/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Farber Specialty Vehicles

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2012 Ford E-450?
618 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford E-450 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 50 recall campaigns for the Ford E-450, model years 1992 to 2027. 4 of them name the 2012 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2012 Ford E-450 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.