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National van Econoline Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 7 model years of the National van Econoline (2002–2008).

4
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2006
year with most recalls

Pick your National van Econoline model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2008 National van Econoline20
2007 National van Econoline30
2006 National van Econoline30
2005 National van Econoline20
2004 National van Econoline10
2003 National van Econoline10
2002 National van Econoline10

All National van Econoline recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a National van Econoline, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V482000 Reported 43 vehicles potentially affected NATIONAL VAN BUILDERS, INC.

    National van builders is recalling 43 my 2005-2008 ford econoline vehicles 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 detect the presence of a wheelchair…

    Remedy: National van builders 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 national van builders at 1-800-527-7477.

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

  2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V125000 Reported 43 vehicles potentially affected NATIONAL VAN BUILDERS, INC.

    National van builders is recalling 43 my 2005-2008 econoline vans equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These vans 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 presence of a wheelchair…

    Remedy: Ricon is handling the remedy for this campaign (please see 07e095). Ricon will correct the wheelchair lift free of charge. Owners may contact ricon at 818-267-3000 or national van builders at 800-527-7477.

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

  3. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 07V070000 Reported 13 vehicles potentially affected NATIONAL VAN BUILDERS, INC.

    Certain vans equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the inner barrier interlock switch system in the lift baseplate may not detect the presence of a passenger (either wheelchair or standee) on…

    Remedy: National van builders is working with ricon to repair these wheelchair lifts (please see 06e101). Owners can contact ricon at 800-322-2884 or national van at 800-527-7477.

    Model years: 2006, 2007

  4. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 04V450000 Reported 20 vehicles potentially affected NATIONAL VAN BUILDERS, INC.

    On certain vans built on ford econoline chassis and 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: 2002, 2003, 2004

Other National van models

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.