2006–2007 Blue Bird ALL American & 2006–2007 Blue Bird Conventional + 1 more recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain 2006 and 2007 my blue Bird ALL American, Conventional, and Micro Bird school buses manufactured from july 16, 2005 through august 29, 2006, equipped with model 900 series wheelchair lifts manufactured by the braun corporation. The threshold warning system may not activate as designed which fails to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, platform lift installations for motor vehicles.
💥 The risk
Should the threshold warning system fail to operate, the lift user CAN fall from the vehicle and be seriously injured.
🔧 The fix
Owners will be notified by blue Bird instructing them to contact braun for free repair. The recall january 16, 2008. Owners CAN contact either blue Bird at 478-822-2242 or braun product support at 1-800-946-7513.
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
- 07V556000
- Manufacturer recall #
- R07MS
- Manufacturer
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 451
- Component
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-946-7513
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 20, 2007
- Built
- Jul 16, 2005 – Aug 29, 2006
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Blue Bird recall no. R07MS.braun recall no. 06E-094.customers may 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.