2007 Blue Bird C4RE recall: engine
⚠️ What's wrong
On a certain transit buses equipped with a caterpillar C7 or C9 engine, a fuel pump failure will dilute the engine oil with fuel and may cause the turbocharger to fail and cause loss of throttle control with warning.
💥 The risk
The warning may be experienced by erratic performance and excessive smoke both of which may result in a situation where a vehicle crash could occur.
🔧 The fix
The one vehicle involved has been corrected.
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
- 07V393000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 2007-04
- Manufacturer
- NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 1
- Component
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 1, 2007
- Built
- Jul 1, 2007 – Jul 31, 2007
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Nabi recall no. 2007-04.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.