Recall Detail

BLUE BIRD / TC2000 / 1998

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 11541 Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD
Recalled Component Id: 000008558000077956000000326 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: TC2000 Model Year: 1998
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V043000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: INTERIOR LIGHTING Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 06 1997 End date of Manufacturing: Feb, 09 1998
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 151
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Mar, 12 1998 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company Report Received Date: Mar, 02 1998
Record Creation date : Mar, 12 1998 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school and transit buses. the parking brake indicator light can illuminate without the parking brake being set. Consequence Summary: A driver may see the parking brake indicator light on and leave the bus. the bus may then roll increasing the risk of personal injury and/or property damage.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will add a diode to the stop light circuit to prevent illumination of the parking brake indicator unless the parking brake has been set. Recall Notes: Owner notification began march 12, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy 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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