Which vehicles are included in recall 03V498?

2004 Blue Bird Vision. 417 vehicles may be affected. Check your exact car with its 17-character VIN.

Check your VIN, then call any authorized Blue Bird dealer to book the free repair.

🩹 Injury riskNHTSA 03V498📅 Dec 5, 2003

2004 Blue Bird Vision recall: brakes

⚠️ What's wrong

On certain conventional style school buses, only those equippped with air brakes, the underhood firewall location of the air brake manifold may permit rainwater entry into the parking brake exhaust port fitting of the manifold. In freezing weather, this water could form ice blocking the exhaust port. When this occurs, the parking brake does not operate as designed.

💥 The risk

In the event that this condition should occur and the parking brake failed to apply, the bus could roll away, resulting in property damage or personal injury.

🔧 The fix

Dealers will modify these vehicles. Owner notification began on december 8, 2003. 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 1-478-822-2242.

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: 03V498000
Manufacturer recall #: R03HL
Manufacturer: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Vehicles affected: 417
Component: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
NHTSA hotline: 1-888-327-4236
Owner letters mailed: Dec 8, 2003
Built: Jul 4, 2003 – Nov 21, 2003
Recall started by: MFR
Notes: Blue bird recall no. R03HL.also, customers CAN contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

2004 Blue Bird Vision recall: brakes

⚠️ What's wrong

💥 The risk

🔧 The fix

Vehicles in this recall

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