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  NHTSA Recall 05V074000

NHTSA Campaign Id 05V074000; Date: Mar. 1, 2005

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

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

2002 Blue Bird All American 2003 Blue Bird All American 2004 Blue Bird All American 2005 Blue Bird All American 2004 Blue Bird Commercial Series 2003 Blue Bird Conventional 2004 Blue Bird Conventional 2005 Blue Bird Conventional 2006 Blue Bird Conventional

Component: Engine And Engine Cooling

Manufactured by: Blue Bird Body Company

Affected Units:: 416

icon3 Recall Summary:

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.

icon2 How to Fix:

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.

icon4 Recall Notes:

Free of charge. The recall began on March 7, 2005. Owners may contact pro air at 574-970-0744.

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Mar 31, 2005

Also see:

All recalls of Blue Bird vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.