Blue Bird Engine and Engine Cooling: Diesel

Blue Bird is recalling about 1 vehicle over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. The warning may be experienced by erratic performance and excessive smoke both of which may result in a situation where a vehicle crash could occur.

Campaign
07V393000
Manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reported
30 August 2007
Vehicles
1
Built between
Jul 2007 – Jul 2007
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
1 October 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2007 and July 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2007 Blue Bird C4REBuilt July 2007 to July 2007

What the defect is

On a certain transit buses equipped with a caterpillar C7 or C9 engine, a fuel pump failure will dilute the engine oil with fuel and may cause the turbocharger to fail and cause loss of throttle control with warning.

What could happen

The warning may be experienced by erratic performance and excessive smoke both of which may result in a situation where a vehicle crash could occur.

What gets fixed

THE ONE VEHICLE INVOLVED HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2007 to July 2007
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA30 August 2007
  3. Owners notified1 October 2007

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 30 August 2007.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
2007-04
Recalling manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Nabi recall no. 2007-04.CUSTOMERS may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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