- Vehicles
- 9,366
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 27 September 2011
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.
- Cleanfuel Chassis Return Hose
- Cleanfuel Engine KIT
What the defect is
Cleanfuel is recalling the following chassis and fuel rail hoses and connectors manufactured from november 27, 2007, through august 19, 2011: part no 17090000 (chassis supply hose), part no 17090100 (chassis return hose), and part no. A17090200 (engine kit that includes fuel rail hoses). The subject hoses and connectors were components of certain clean fuel 8.1 liter propane fuel systems and were supplied exclusively to blue bird corporation for installation on vision model type c school buses built with the 8.1 liter propane fuel system. The hose line can separate from the fitting end located on the chassis supply/return hoses and on the injector/return hoses.
What could happen
In the event of a hose line separation, the fuel system is designed to prevent propane leakage using various safety mechanisms to cutoff fuel supply to the engine. The cutoff of fuel may result in engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
CLEANFUEL IS WORKING WITH BLUE BIRD TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY OWNERS THAT MAY HAVE HAD THE AFFECTED FUEL SYSTEMS INSTALLED ON THEIR VEHICLE. REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY CLEANFUEL FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2011.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA5 September 2011
- Owners notified27 September 2011
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 5 September 2011.
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.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact cleanfuel at 1-877-234-1722 for more information.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- CLEANFUEL USA
- 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
Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .
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.