| NHTSA Record Id: 6929 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000012574000080723000000110 |
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| Model Name: ALL AMERICAN |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V279004 |
Mfr Campaign Number: R00EJ |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 15 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1269 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 12 2001 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company |
Report Received Date: Dec, 18 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Jan, 26 2001 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 105 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: transit and school buses equipped with meritor wabco phase 1, d-version antilock brake system (abs), fail to comply to the requirements of fmvss no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." an internal diagnostic system in the abs may not detect an extreme wheel speed sensor air gap. such a condition could possibly occur during (1) original assembly or (2) subsequent wheel end service. |
Consequence Summary: Failure of the electronic control unit to detect an extreme wheel speed sensor air gap can result in the loss of antilock braking function on the wheel(s) where the air gap exists, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : The abs ecu will be removed and replaced or the ecu will be reprogrammed. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began february 12, 2001. 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 . 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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