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2013 Ford E-450: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2013 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 12 complaints 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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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 554 units in total.

  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: .

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

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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

12 complaints, 16 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2013 Ford E-450: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train4
Service Brakes2
Steering2
Suspension2
Wheels2
Equipment1
Structure1
Unknown or Other1
Electrical System1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
19 Aug 2018

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2013 Ford E-450, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2018, with 6 complaints.

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. 20190
  29. 20216
  30. 20223
  31. 20233
  32. 20240
  33. 20250
  34. 20261
  35. 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. 2013 Ford E-450: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/e-450/2013/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
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 2013 Ford E-450?
554 units in 2 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. 2 of them name the 2013 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2013 Ford E-450 name most often?
Power Train: 4 of 16 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2013 Ford E-450 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.