Glaval Primetime Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 16 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 16 model years of the Glaval Primetime (1999–2014).

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All Glaval Primetime recalls (16)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Glaval Primetime, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 14V599000 Reported September 26, 2014 828 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

   Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 Glaval Universal, Primetime, Sport, Titan, and Titan II transit and shuttle buses manufactured January 1, 2006, to September 26, 2014, and equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair lifts manufactured by Ricon. The…

   Remedy: Forest River will notify owners to take 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.…

   Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 14V226000 Reported April 30, 2014 42 vehicles potentially affected Glaval Bus

   Glaval Bus (Glaval) is recalling certain model year 2007-2012 Universal, Primetime, Sport, Concorde, Titan, Titan II, Entourage and Apollo transit buses manufactured January 1, 2007, through December 3, 2012, and equipped with certain Ricon S-series and K-series wheelchair lifts, with an optional armored pendant cable. The armored cable…

   Remedy: Glaval will notify owners, and Ricon will send owners a supplemental cover kit and instructions, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in June 2014. Owners may contact Glaval customer service at…

   Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

3. Electrical system

   NHTSA 13V520000 Reported October 18, 2013 699 vehicles potentially affected Glaval Bus Division

   Glaval Bus is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Entourage, Sport, Universal, Titan, Titan II, Apollo, Primetime, Concorde, and Concorde II transit buses manufactured August 4, 2009, through June 7, 2010 and equipped with A&M Systems-brand electric door actuators. Voltage spikes may damage electrical components and electrical…

   Remedy: Glaval Bus will notify owners and dealers will replace the circuit board, free of charge. The recall began on November 14, 2013. Owners may contact Glaval Bus at 1-574-262-2212.

   Model years: 2009, 2010

4. Equipment

   NHTSA 13V309000 Reported July 15, 2013 3,705 vehicles potentially affected Glaval Bus Division

   Glaval Bus is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Universal, Concorde II, Entourage, Primetime, Titan II, Apollo, and Sport buses, certain model year 2011-2013 Titan II lf and Legacy buses and certain model year 2010 Synergy buses. The affected buses are equipped with a rear interior air conditioner evaporator which may come loose…

   Remedy: Glaval will notify owners, and dealers will tighten and replace the air conditioner evaporator mounting bolts, as needed, free of charge. The recall began on July 8, 2013. Owners may contact Glaval at 1-800-445-2825 or…

   Model years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

5. Equipment

   NHTSA 12V580000 Reported December 10, 2012 704 vehicles potentially affected Glaval Bus Division

   Glaval Bus is recalling certain model year 2007-2012 transit buses, models: Entourage, Sport, Universal, Titan, Titan II, Apollo, Primetime, and Concord; and manufactured January 1, 2007, through December 3, 2012. The buses are equipped with a Ricon manufactured wheelchair lift which has an optional armored pendant cable. The cable may…

   Remedy: Glaval Bus will notify owners and direct them to contact Ricon. Ricon will provide a supplemental cover kit and instructions, free of charge. The recall campaign began on January 23, 2013. Owners may contact Glaval Bus…

   Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

6. Roof and pillars (structure)

   NHTSA 12V384000 Reported August 3, 2012 90 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

   Glaval Bus is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 transit buses equipped with Speciality Manufacturing Inc. (SMI) ProLo roof escape hatches. Increased friction between the rear plate assemblies, p/no. 009327, and the nylon rear pop-up support, p/no. 008956, may result in opening force of the ProLo roof hatches that exceeds Federal…

   Remedy: Glaval Bus will notify owners. SMI will provide service kits along with repair instructions to dealers and owners, free of charge. The safety recall began on August 17, 2012. Owners may contact Glaval Bus at…

   Model years: 2011, 2012

7. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 12V321000 Reported July 9, 2012 381 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

   Glaval is recalling certain buses equipped with braun century-2 and/or vista-2 wheelchair lifts. Over time and with frequent use, the roll stop latches on the outer barrier may become bent or misaligned.

   Remedy: Glaval will notify owners, and the repairs will be performed by authorized braun dealers free of charge. Owners may contact glaval bus at 1-800-347-7440.

   Model years: 2008, 2010

8. Air conditioner (equipment)

   NHTSA 12V011000 Reported January 13, 2012 1,407 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

   Glaval is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2007 transit buses built on ford, GMC, chevrolet, and freightliner chassis and equipped with carrier genv em-1 evaporator units. Due to time, temperature, and/or vibration, the fuse may loosen in the fuse holder resulting in high resistance and arcing.

   Remedy: Glaval will notify owners and provide information on how to obtain the retrofit kit from carrier along with repair instructions. This service will be performed free of charge. The safety recall began on january 14,…

   Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

9. Equipment adaptive/mobility

   NHTSA 10V143000 Reported April 12, 2010 302 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

   Glaval bus is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2010 universal, titan, titan ii, primetime, sport, and apollo transit buses manufactured between december 2007 and december 2009 fitted with ricon public use lifts. The restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift from moving, unless the tongue of the belt is…

   Remedy: Glaval bus is working with ricon and ricon will be performing the remedy for this campaign. Please see ricon's defect report 09e-060. Ricon will provide customers with a warning decal and a dvd-based training aid. The…

   Model years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

10. Interior lighting

    NHTSA 09V421000 Reported October 28, 2009 161 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

    Glaval bus is recalling certain model year 2001 through 2009 transit buses equipped with luminator horizon LED side destination signs. The connector board can corrode due to an accumulation of moisture under the connector.

    Remedy: Glaval bus will notify owners and luminator will repair the buses free of charge. Please see luminator's defect report 09e-054. The safety recall began on november 10, 2009. Owners may contact luminator at…

    Model years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

11. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 09V094000 Reported March 20, 2009 110 vehicles potentially affected ATLANTIC BUS SALES

    Atlantic bus sales is recalling 110 ricon wheelchair lifts which it installed on my 2006 and 2007 eldorado and glaval transit buses. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor vehicles." the threshold warning system may not detect the…

    Remedy: Atlantic bus sales is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or atlantic bus sales at 1-954-941-7722.

    Model years: 2006, 2007

12. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 09V095000 Reported March 20, 2009 42 vehicles potentially affected ATLANTIC BUS SALES

    Atlantic bus sales is recalling 42 ricon wheelchair lifts which it installed on certain my 2006 and 2007 eldorado and glaval transit buses. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not detect the…

    Remedy: Atlantic bus sales is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or atlantic bus sales at 1-954-941-7722.

    Model years: 2006, 2007

13. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V493000 Reported September 24, 2008 171 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

    Glaval bus is recalling 171my 2005-2006 universal, primetime, titan, and apollo transit and shuttle buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not…

    Remedy: Glaval bus is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-800-322-2884 or glaval bus at 1-574-262-2212.

    Model years: 2005, 2006

14. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V014000 Reported January 20, 2008 215 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

    Certain transit buses equipped with braun platform lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor vehicles." a passenger can approach the exposed lift doorway without the audible alarm alerting them of their proximity to the threshold.

    Remedy: Glaval is working with braun corporation to have the doorway lift fixed free of charge (please see 06e094). Owners may contact braun corporation at 1-800-946-7513 or glaval at 1-574-262-2212.

    Model years: 2006, 2007

15. Seats

    NHTSA 06V071000 Reported March 9, 2006 177 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

    On certain buses equipped with seat belts, the t-nut which holds the seat leg to the floor track is missing machined bevels.

    Remedy: Owners will be provided with the necessary parts to replace the t-nuts free of charge. The recall began on march 24, 2006. Owners may contact glaval bus at 1-800-445-2825.

    Model years: 2005, 2006

16. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 04V458000 Reported September 17, 2004 95 vehicles potentially affected GLAVAL BUS DIVISION

    On certain buses equipped with sure-lok wheelchair securement systems, the sprocket teeth of the retractor assembly is out of alignment.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the wheelchair securement retractors as necessary. Sure-lok is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Owners should contact sure-lock at 1-908-231-1804 or…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.