Recall 00V162000: 1997–2000 Blue Bird ALL American and 3 other models

Report received

Jun 12, 2000

Manufacturer

Blue bird body company

Potentially affected

9,687vehicles

Model years

1997–2000

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

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.

Possible consequence

Under certain conditions, such as parked on an incline, driver activates the parking brake but removes foot from the threadle valve, the bus could roll before the parking brake is fully engaged.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the diaphragms with holes with solid diaphragms for the qr1c valves.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1997 Blue Bird ALL American0 complaints
• 1998 Blue Bird ALL American1 complaints
• 1999 Blue Bird ALL American0 complaints
• 2000 Blue Bird ALL American0 complaints
• 1997 Blue Bird Commercial0 complaints
• 1998 Blue Bird Commercial0 complaints
• 1999 Blue Bird Commercial0 complaints
• 2000 Blue Bird Commercial0 complaints
• 1997 Blue Bird LTC 400 complaints
• 1998 Blue Bird LTC 400 complaints
• 1999 Blue Bird LTC 400 complaints
• 2000 Blue Bird LTC 401 complaints
• 1997 Blue Bird TC20000 complaints
• 1998 Blue Bird TC20000 complaints
• 1999 Blue Bird TC20005 complaints
• 2000 Blue Bird TC20001 complaints