FAQS

There are options available to you. There are funding and financing programs that you can access:

1. • March of Dimes: March of Dimes offers up to $15,000 funding towards a new conversion on a new or slightly used eligible vehicle. Please follow the link to get the details of the program. https://www.marchofdimes.ca/en-ca/programs/am/hvmp

• • Easter Seals: Easter Seals will offer up to $3,000 towards parts of the conversion if the person in need is less than 18 years old, the program can be used with other funding programs. Please follow the link to get details of the program. https://services.easterseals.org/equipment-funding/what-equipment-we-fund/

• • Trillium FSB: Trillium Financial Services Broker is able to provide bank financing at standard automotive interest rates. Your bank would consider a loan on your accessible van a high risk loan at high risk interest rates. Please follow the link for more information: https://trilliumfsb.com/

• • Medical Expense Tax Credit: Ask us on how you can get a tax credit against your income tax.

Since there is a change in how the vehicle is controlled, the Ministry requires that you re-sit your driver’s license test. For your and other persons safety, it is required that you attend a driving assessment centre for evaluation and training. Unless you are already approved for driving with hand controls, we require a prescription from a driving assessment centre to permit us to install the controls in your vehicle.

We assist many of our clients with the resale of their vehicles. Your wheelchair accessible vehicle can be traded in against the purchase of an UNCONVERTED vehicle to take advantage of the tax break. We can also get the vehicle safety tested and conduct our own inspection and effect repairs as required to the conversion portion for you to sell yourself or we can then list it on our Sales or Inventory section of our website with a consignment agreement. Often, we will also just buy the vehicle outright.

Yes we do. It is required , however, that you attend a driving assessment centre for evaluation and training. Unless you are already approved for driving with hand controls, we require a prescription from a driving assessment centre to permit us to install the controls in your vehicle.

Absolutely. We assist many of our clients with the resale of their vehicles. We can get the vehicle safety and emission tested and conduct our own inspection and effect repairs as required to the conversion portion. We can then list it on our Sales” section of our website.

Yes indeed. We work daily with funding agencies that assist families in need. We can steer you in the proper direction to the right programmes and help you contact the right people who will determine your eligibility. We can also point out the various tax advantages to you.

Nothing. The original equipment manufacturer continues to guarantee the chassis and we guarantee the conversion component.

We employ skilled, trained professional technicians, engineers, welders, electricians, millwrights, and mechanics. Universal Motion is a 10 year member in NMEDA (National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association) which has hundreds of members across Canada and the United States trained to respond to your needs when you are on the road.

That’s what we do. Our staff is completely conversant with your issues. We have years of experience in the durable medical equipment field, we daily work with therapists, funding agencies, automotive dealers and families. We respect the trust you place in us. If you can’t come to us, we’ll come to you and simplify everything.