| NHTSA Record Id: 7669 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011229000061323000000275 |
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| Model Name: TC2000 |
Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V219000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: R00DN |
| Component Name: STRUCTURE:BODY |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1993 |
End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 06 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 25839 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 18 2000 |
Recall Initiator: OVSC |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company |
Report Received Date: Aug, 17 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 11 2000 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 221 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses. these buses fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength requirements of fmvss no. 221, "school bus body joint strength." |
Consequence Summary: In the event of a vehicle crash, the roof may not be supported sufficiently, causing personal injury to bus occupants. |
| Corrective Summary : Owners will be contacted and advised to inspect each roof joint. owners will install repair rivets in each joint found to have insufficient quantity of rivets in each examined 8 inch section. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 18, 2000. 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 1-912-822-2242.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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