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Blue Bird in the affected vehicles, the grid heater power cable may be improperly routed, which could result in contact with the chassis frame rail.

NHTSA campaign 13V-126 · Reported April 9, 2013 · 17 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Blue Bird All American
VEHICLES AFFECTED
17
REMEDY
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the buses for proper positioning of the grid heater power cable.
COST
Free

The short version

Blue Bird Body Company reported a problem with the electrical system wiring. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

In the affected vehicles, the grid heater power cable may be improperly routed, which could result in contact with the chassis frame rail.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the cable contacts the chassis frame rail it could potentially chafe against the frame thereby creating a direct short which could result in a fire.

WHAT TO DO

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the buses for proper positioning of the grid heater power cable, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 13V-126.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2008–2011Blue Bird All American

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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