| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 12892 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007993000061323000000171 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TC2000 | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V198000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: POWER TRAIN | Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 31 1996 | End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 09 1996 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 5 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 10 1996 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company | Report Received Date: Oct, 09 1996 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 01 1996 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Oversized rotors were installed in the powertrain drive motors in these buses. | Consequence Summary: When the bus is in service and the oversized rotor inside the electric powertrain motor becomes heated, the rotor expands causing the motor to become sluggish, stall and could seize, failing completely. |
| Corrective Summary : Northrup-grumman will perform the modification to these powertrain drive motors. | Recall Notes: Vehicle description:electric powered school buses. owners have been notified of this campaign. 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 northrup-grumman at 1-410-993-2699 or blue bird at 1-912-825-9608.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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