2018 BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN Recalls (5)
- Campaign:
- 18V264000 on 04/29/2018
- Component:
- Service brakes, air
- Affected:
- 345
- Defect:
- Blue bird body company (blue bird) is recalling certain 2018-2019 blue bird all american and vision transit buses. the primary and secondary air brake gauges on the instrument cluster may intermittently indicate "0 psi" instead of the correct air pressure in the tanks. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 121, "air brake systems."
- Consequence:
- If the gauges do not correctly display the air pressure that is in the tanks, the operator will not be able to know when the air pressure is actually dropping, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Blue bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the display software, free of charge. owners may contact blue bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. blue bird's number for this recall is r18ze-nsb.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 18V264000 on 04/29/2018
- Component:
- Electrical system: instrument panel
- Affected:
- 345
- Defect:
- Blue bird body company (blue bird) is recalling certain 2018-2019 blue bird all american and vision transit buses. the primary and secondary air brake gauges on the instrument cluster may intermittently indicate "0 psi" instead of the correct air pressure in the tanks. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 121, "air brake systems."
- Consequence:
- If the gauges do not correctly display the air pressure that is in the tanks, the operator will not be able to know when the air pressure is actually dropping, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Blue bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the display software, free of charge. owners may contact blue bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. blue bird's number for this recall is r18ze-nsb.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 18V263000 on 04/29/2018
- Component:
- Service brakes, air
- Manufactured:
- 04/23/2017 - 04/12/2018
- Affected:
- 4,886
- Defect:
- Blue bird body company (blue bird) is recalling certain 2018-2019 blue bird all american and vision school buses. the primary and secondary air brake gauges on the instrument cluster may intermittently indicate "0 psi" instead of the correct air pressure in the tanks. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 121, "air brake systems."
- Consequence:
- If the gauges do not correctly display the air pressure that is in the tanks, the operator will not be able to know when the air pressure is actually dropping, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Blue bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the display software, free of charge. the recall began on august 1, 2018. owners may contact blue bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. blue bird's number for this recall is r18ze-sb.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 18V263000 on 04/29/2018
- Component:
- Electrical system: instrument panel
- Manufactured:
- 04/23/2017 - 04/12/2018
- Affected:
- 4,886
- Defect:
- Blue bird body company (blue bird) is recalling certain 2018-2019 blue bird all american and vision school buses. the primary and secondary air brake gauges on the instrument cluster may intermittently indicate "0 psi" instead of the correct air pressure in the tanks. as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 121, "air brake systems."
- Consequence:
- If the gauges do not correctly display the air pressure that is in the tanks, the operator will not be able to know when the air pressure is actually dropping, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Correction:
- Blue bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the display software, free of charge. the recall began on august 1, 2018. owners may contact blue bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. blue bird's number for this recall is r18ze-sb.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Campaign:
- 18V801000 on 11/15/2018
- Component:
- Equipment
- Manufactured:
- 09/18/2006 - 09/07/2018
- Affected:
- 86
- Defect:
- Blue bird body company (blue bird) is recalling certain 2007-2019 blue bird all american ambulance buses. the clamps that secure the stacked stretchers may fail from repeated use or from high loads.
- Consequence:
- If the clamps fail with patients in the stretchers, it can increase the risk of injury.
- Correction:
- Blue bird will notify owners, and dealers will install redesigned clamps, free of charge. the recall is expected to begin december 13, 2018. owners may contact blue bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. blue bird's number for this recall is r18zq-nsb.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
2018 BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN TSBs (2)
- Bulletin:
- SM1702
- Component:
- 103000 power train:automatic transmission
- Summary:
- The intent of service memorandum sm1702 is to make blue bird dealers aware that cummins has released a calibration update improvement to reduce occurrence of allison transmission fault code p2637 ?torque management feedback signal? with cum
- Bulletin:
- SM1701
- Component:
- 117000 digital instrument panel
- Summary:
- The intent of service memorandum sm1701 is to make blue bird dealers aware that software for ametek instrument clusters is available on the blue bird vantage website. instructions for how to download, install, and use the software is locat
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