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NHTSA recall 98V167002

Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer › Lpg systems › Furnace

Blue Bird Bmc and 1 more

Reported Jul 22, 1998379 vehicles affectedBLUE BIRD BODY COMPANYBuilt Mar 1, 1993 – Jul 1, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with aqua-hot heating systems, model 431-3 zone with engine loop. fiberglass insulating material located under the burner head on the floor of the heater enclosure, can become soaked with fluids (ethylene glycol and/or diesel fuel).

The risk

If an electrical short occurs, a fire could result.

The remedy

Dealers will remove the insulation from beneath the diesel heating unit as well as from behind the control thermostat and air-conditioning heating element access covers.

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Vehicles in this recall

Blue Bird Bmc
199319941995199619971998
Blue Bird Wanderlodge
199319941995199619971998

Notes

Owner notification began august 12, 1998.owners who take their motor homes to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact bird bird at 1-912-8925-2021 or vehicle systems inc. At 1-800-685-4289.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).