2000 Blue Bird Commercial Series & 2000 Blue Bird Transhuttle recall: windows, wipers & mirrors
⚠️ What's wrong
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."
💥 The risk
Personal injury could occur in the event of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Owners will be provided with step-by-step procedures for modifying the transit sliding pushout windows to conform the FMVSS 217 requirements.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V130000
- Manufacturer recall #
- R00DV
- Manufacturer
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 2,088
- Component
- VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 25, 2000
- Built
- Aug 26, 1994 – Apr 4, 2000
- Recall started by
- OVSC
- Notes
- Owner notification began may 25, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact blue bird at 1-912-825-2021. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).