Recall 05V074000: 2003–2006 Blue Bird Conventional and 2 other models

Report received

Mar 1, 2005

Manufacturer

Blue bird body company

Potentially affected

416vehicles

Model years

2002–2006

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

Certain 2002-2006 my blue bird all american school and transit buses, conventional school buses, and commercial series transit buses manufactured between december 21, 2002, and february 24, 2005. These buses are equipped with webasto coolant heaters, model dbw 2010, assembled with webasto burner tubes, p/n 303046/26533a manufactured between november 2002 and february 2005. The stainless steel burner tube is made out of a material that is not to specification and could fail prematurely.

Possible consequence

Should the burner tube fail, the coolant heater could overheat, possibly resulting in a fire.

Remedy

Blue bird will notify its customers and replace the burner tubes free of charge. The recall began on march 31, 2005. Owners may contact blue bird at 478-822-2242.

Affected model years

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

• 2002 Blue Bird ALL American1 complaints
• 2003 Blue Bird ALL American2 complaints
• 2004 Blue Bird ALL American10 complaints
• 2005 Blue Bird ALL American1 complaints
• 2004 Blue Bird Commercial0 complaints
• 2003 Blue Bird Conventional1 complaints
• 2004 Blue Bird Conventional0 complaints
• 2005 Blue Bird Conventional0 complaints
• 2006 Blue Bird Conventional0 complaints