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NHTSA recall 00V219000

Structure › Body

Blue Bird Conventional and 2 more

Reported Aug 17, 200025,839 vehicles affectedBLUE BIRD BODY COMPANYMaker’s number R00DNBuilt Nov 1, 1993 – Dec 6, 1999

The defect

Vehicle description: school buses. these buses fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength requirements of fmvss no. 221, "school bus body joint strength."

The risk

In the event of a vehicle crash, the roof may not be supported sufficiently, causing personal injury to bus occupants.

The remedy

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.

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Vehicles in this recall

Blue Bird Conventional
1993199419951996199719981999
Blue Bird MINI Bird
1993199419951996199719981999
Blue Bird TC2000
1993199419951996199719981999

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).