| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 11473 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008982000074795000000318 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TC2000 | Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V018000 | Mfr Campaign Number: R99CN |
| Component Name: SEATS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1987 | End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 04 1999 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 41260 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 29 1999 | Recall Initiator: OVSC |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company | Report Received Date: Jun, 15 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Feb, 01 1999 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses. the wall side attaching bolts for some of the passenger seats may have been installed too close to the edge of the seat ledge and in the wrong attaching hole resulting in weakening of the seat ledge at the attachment points. | Consequence Summary: In the event of a frontal crash, the rear attaching bolt of these seats could pull out of the seat ledge increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant. |
| Corrective Summary : Blue bird will furnish to distributors and owners, parts and instructions necessary to strengthen the passenger seat attachment at the wall side. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began april 28 and july 29, 1999. owners who do not receive the free parts and instructions within a reasonable time should contact blue bird at 1-912-825-2021. 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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