2000 Blue Bird School Bus
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
3 complaints1 involved a fire
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Latest complaints
- Visibility › Rearview mirrors/devices
There was a crossover mirror bracket change in 2000 for the busboy crossover mirrors on the front for the bluebird/gm kodiac chassis school buses. as a result of this bracket change that was designed at the request of bluebird so the crossover mirrors would met the intent of fmvss no. 111. Mirror…
There was a crossover mirror bracket change in 2000 for the busboy crossover mirrors on the front for the bluebird/gm kodiac chassis school buses. as a result of this bracket change that was designed at the request of bluebird so the crossover mirrors would met the intent of fmvss no. 111. Mirror lite co. lowered the bracket height by approximately 8 to 10 inches and extended the bracket 8 to 10 inches farther out in front of the bus. with the busboy crossover mirror 8 to 10 inches lower and out farther in front of the bus the headlighs are reflected into the mirrors and thus reflecting the headlights light back into the driver's eyes. this occurs even when the mirrors are adjusted in accordance to fmvss no. 111 and the roscoe mirror grid. according to bluebird and mirror lite they are aware of the problem and mirror lite co. Has manufactured a "headlight hood" kit that should keep the headlights from reflecting into the mirror and blinding the driver at night. niether companies has offered those kits to owners of the school buses nor have the owners been made aware of a potiential hazard of the lights reflecting back in the crossover mirrors blinding the drivers. these mirrors have been used on bluebird/gm kodiac chassis buses since at least 1993. should the older school buses be retrofited and should the new bracket be modified to keep the headlights from being reflected into the drivers eyes. *ak
- Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery
International bus; while driving with children bus stalled unexpectedly which almost caused a crash due to fuel line made out of air lines which was used for air brakes. please provide further information. *ak
- Visibility › Defroster/defogger/hvac system › Heater core
Heater vent cable not secured and chaffed on the body solenoid with live wires causing short circuit and fire, other vin #[xxx] had the same routing of cable and was repaired and secured to avoid fire potential. *mjs information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(B)(6). *tr
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Electrical wire chafing
On may 23, 2000, odi was contacted by a school bus fleet manager who alleged one of their buses had been involved in a minor electrical fire at the driver's accessory control panel.while unloading children, the driver noticed a large volume of smoking pouring from behine the panel.eventually the smoke abated and the…
On may 23, 2000, odi was contacted by a school bus fleet manager who alleged one of their buses had been involved in a minor electrical fire at the driver's accessory control panel.while unloading children, the driver noticed a large volume of smoking pouring from behine the panel.eventually the smoke abated and the bus was towed to the fleet's maintenance facility where they found the heater control cable had abraded one of the body solenoid wires and a portion of the heater control cable sheath, immediately adjacent to the wire/cable contact point, had been melted away.subsequently, they inspected another subject bus and found cable/wire contact near the solenoid as well.
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 10128907New Blue Bird Support Center - Technical Bus Support: Dealer memo to announce the new on-line Blue Bird Support Center for technical bus support requests.
- 10128588Blue Bird Troubleshooting Guides: Blue Bird announcement of the addition of troubleshooting guides for assisting in the service of the Blue Bird products. These troubleshooting guides are available on the Vantage website.
- 10044287Blue bird: procedure update information being provided regarding replacement of heater resistors on all models. No model or model years listed.
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