commercial series

Blue Bird Commercial Series (1998) – 00V162000

Vehicle recall defect – Vehicle Description: School And Transit Buses Equipped With Bendix Air Brakes. Bendix Changed The Internal Design Of The Qr1C Relay Valve By Adding A Hole In The Internal Diaphragm. When The Hole In The DiaphraGM Aligns With The Hole In The Valve Body, The Brake Application Time Increases.


Blue Bird Commercial Series (1998) – 00V130000

Vehicle recall defect – Vehicle Description: School Buses Equipped With Transit Sliding Pushout Windows. Potential Sticking And/Or Binding Of The Pushout Window Inner Frame Within The Outer Frame Results In Opening Forces Exceeding The Requirements Of Fmvss No. 217, “Bus Window Retention And Release.”


Blue Bird Commercial Series (2001) – 04V426000

Vehicle recall defect – Certain Blue Bird 1999-2005 All American, Tc/2000, Micro Bird, Vision, Conventional, And Commercial Series School Buses Equipped With Sure-Loc Wheelchair Securement Systems And Manufactured Between February 17, 1999, And August 13, 2004. Certain Sure-Lok Wheelchair Tie-Down Securement Assemblies P/N 8625-13. The Sprocket Teeth Of The Retractor Assembly May Be Out Of Alignment Causing The Load Pawl Not To Fully Seat In The Sprocket Teeth.


Blue Bird Commercial Series (1999) – 01V044003

Vehicle recall defect – Vehicle Description: School And Transit Buses And Motor Home Chassis Equipped With Tie Rod Assemblies Manufactured By TRW. The Suspect Tie Rods Contain 24-Dl Model Ball Sockets. Certain Of The Tie Rod Ball-Socket Bearings Have A Below-Specification Case Depth And/Or Hardness, Which Can Lead To Premature Wear Of The Socket.