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| NHTSA Record Id: 17787 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007364000000504000000275 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TC2000 | Model Year: 1992 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 95V090000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: STRUCTURE:BODY | Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 01 1980 | End date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1995 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 27189 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 30 1995 | Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company | Report Received Date: May, 09 1995 |
| Record Creation date : May, 18 1995 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Passengers clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus. | Consequence Summary: When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail, and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion,the individual is subject to being dragged by the bus. this can result inserious injury or death. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a set screw to the metal clamp which retains the intermediate handrail. a high impact molded plastic "clam shell" will be placed over each end of the intermediate handrail completely covering the clamp and eliminating all catch-points. the flange of the existing floor line bracket will be crimped securing the vertical section of the primary tublar handrail at the floor line. | Recall Notes: System: equipment; handrails at bus entryways.vehicle description: school buses equipped with tubular handrails.note: this campaign supercedes blue bird's recall campaign 93v-032.000.if your vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and the remedy is not provided free of charge within a reasonable time, please ontact blue bird at 1-912-825-2021. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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