Blue Bird Body Company: Service Brakes, Air › Drum › Chamber
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 19, 1996 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 108. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
AIR SUSPENSION TORQUE ARM CAN COME IN CONTACT WITH THE AIR BRAKE CHAMBER MOUNTING BRACKET RESULTING IN BROKEN S-CAM MOUNTING BRACKET.
The risk
THIS CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF BRAKE LINING CONTACTON THE REAR WHEEL INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL MODIFY VEHICLES TO INCORPORATE AN AXLE SEAT SPACER AND REPLACE THE CAM SHAFT AND CAM SHAFT BRACKET WITH A LONGER CAM SHAFT AND CAM SHAFT BRACKET ON BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLIES TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Blue Bird CS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 Blue Bird QB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 Blue Bird TC2000 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 Blue Bird CS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Blue Bird QB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Blue Bird TC2000 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Blue Bird CS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Blue Bird QB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Blue Bird TC2000 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 96V068000.
Full record for the 1995 Blue Bird CS → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →