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Blue Bird Body Company alternator cables may not be routed correctly and may contact and chafe against the air conditioning support bracket or a firewall reinforcement.

NHTSA campaign 18V-783 · Reported November 6, 2018 · 6,307 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Blue Bird Body Company
VEHICLES AFFECTED
6,307
REMEDY
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will verify that the air conditioning bracket and the alternator cables are properly installed, repairing them as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Blue Bird Body Company reported a problem with the electrical system alternator/generator/regulator. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The alternator cables may not be routed correctly and may contact and chafe against the air conditioning support bracket or a firewall reinforcement.

WHY IT MATTERS

A damaged alternator cable could cause result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.

WHAT TO DO

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will verify that the air conditioning bracket and the alternator cables are properly installed, repairing them as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 18V-783.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 18V-783

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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