| NHTSA Record Id: 8074 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: BLUE BIRD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000010807000077956000000089 |
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| Model Name: TC2000 |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V162000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: R00DX |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL/VALVE |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 15 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 31 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 9687 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 14 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Blue Bird Body Company |
Report Received Date: Jun, 12 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Jun, 16 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with bendix air brakes. bendix changed the internal design of the qr1c relay valve by adding a hole in the internal diaphragm. when the hole in the diaphragm aligns with the hole in the valve body, the brake application time increases. |
Consequence Summary: Under certain conditions, such as parked on an incline, driver activates the parking brake but removes foot from the threadle valve, the bus could roll before the parking brake is fully engaged. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the diaphragms with holes with solid diaphragms for the qr1c valves. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began june 14, 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 1-912-825-2021. 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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