Recall Detail

BLUE BIRD / TC2000 / 1994

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 7688 Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD
Recalled Component Id: 000011229000000506000000275 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: TC2000 Model Year: 1994
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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