Recall Detail
BLUE BIRD / WANDERLODGE / 1997
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 10410 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008740000079687000000336 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: WANDERLODGE | Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V167002 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:FURNACE | Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 01 1993 | End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1998 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 379 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 12 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company | Report Received Date: Jul, 22 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 31 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with aqua-hot heating systems, model 431-3 zone with engine loop. fiberglass insulating material located under the burner head on the floor of the heater enclosure, can become soaked with fluids (ethylene glycol and/or diesel fuel). | Consequence Summary: If an electrical short occurs, a fire could result. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will remove the insulation from beneath the diesel heating unit as well as from behind the control thermostat and air-conditioning heating element access covers. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began august 12, 1998.owners who take their motor homes to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact bird bird at 1-912-8925-2021 or vehicle systems inc. at 1-800-685-4289.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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