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NHTSA recall 99V031000

Electrical system › 12v/24v/48v battery › Cables

Blue Bird Conventional

Reported Feb 10, 19992,261 vehicles affectedBLUE BIRD BODY COMPANYMaker’s number R99CLBuilt Feb 5, 1996 – Jan 18, 1999

The defect

Vehicle description: school and transit buses mounted on chassis equipped with an option for three batteries. the battery cables may not have been routed properly allowing the cable to be chafed or pinched.

The risk

This condition can cause the positive cable to short out creating the potential for a fire.

The remedy

Dealers will plug the hole in the back of the battery compartment that IS located directly behind the battery hold down clamp. a new hole will be added directly below the rearmost battery cable hole and the positive cable will be re-routed through the new hole.

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Vehicles in this recall

Blue Bird Conventional
1996199719981999

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin march 15, 1999.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).