| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 15018 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007864000000506000000318 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TC2000 | Model Year: 1994 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V126001 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SEATS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1993 | End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1996 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 11371 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 15 1996 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company | Report Received Date: Jul, 11 1996 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 25 1996 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses equipped with bostrom driver's seat model f222 or bostrum "routemaster" seat. blue bird option 2821 or 2824. the seat pedestals are fatigue cracking adjacent to the weld which secures the pedestal's upper plate to the upper, telescoping portion of the adjustable column support. | Consequence Summary: The upper mounting plate and seat upper gradually becomes loose resulting in the upper plate detaching from the supporting column and the seat can fall from its mounting. this can result in personal injury to the driver. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will repair these pedestals with a newly designed pedestal bracket kit. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began july 15, 1996.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 1-912-825-9608. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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