NHTSA recall 05V075000
Electrical system
Blue Bird Vision
Reported Mar 3, 20054,657 vehicles affectedBLUE BIRD BODY COMPANYMaker’s number R05JNBuilt Jun 12, 2003 – Feb 22, 2005
The defect
Certain 2004-2006 my blue bird vision conventional school and non school buses maunfactured from june 12, 2003, through february 22, 2005. a short can occur in the crossing arm circuit or the 8-WAY warning light circuit, causing the heavy duty transistor w/built in circuit protect to trip resulting in an inadvertent engine shutdown.
The risk
A vehicle crash could occur should the engine shutdown while the bus IS in use, possibly resulting in injury or death.
The remedy
Blue bird will notify its customers and repair the buses by relocating the circuits to a separate circuit protected by a circuit breaker free of charge. the recall began on march 24, 2005. owners may contact blue bird at 478-822-2242.