The worst 1999 Blue Bird Conventional problems
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Recalls 4
Structure: body
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: school buses. These buses fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength requirements of fmvss no. 221, "school bus body joint strength."
- Risk
- In the event of a vehicle crash, the roof may not be supported sufficiently, causing personal injury to bus occupants.
- Remedy
- Owners will be contacted and advised to inspect each roof joint. Owners will install repair rivets in each joint found to have insufficient quantity of rivets in each examined 8 inch section.
Recall number 00V219000 · Recall details
Seats
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: school buses. The wall side attaching bolts for some of the passenger seats may have been installed too close to the edge of the seat ledge and in the wrong attaching hole resulting in weakening of the seat ledge at the attachment points.
- Risk
- In the event of a frontal crash, the rear attaching bolt of these seats could pull out of the seat ledge increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
- Remedy
- Blue bird will furnish to distributors and owners, parts and instructions necessary to strengthen the passenger seat attachment at the wall side.
Recall number 99V018000 · Recall details
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: school and transit buses mounted on chassis equipped with an option for three batteries. The battery cables may not have been routed properly allowing the cable to be chafed or pinched.
- Risk
- This condition can cause the positive cable to short out creating the potential for a fire.
- Remedy
- Dealers will plug the hole in the back of the battery compartment that is located directly behind the battery hold down clamp. A new hole will be added directly below the rearmost battery cable hole and the positive cable will be re-routed through the new hole.
Recall number 99V031000 · Recall details
Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices: exterior
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: school buses mounted on navistar chassis. The standard cross view mirror assemblies installed on these buses do not conform to the requirements of fmvss no. 111, "rearview mirrors."
- Risk
- The school bus driver may not be able to see certain portions of the bus, increasing the risk of a crash or personal injury to persons near the bus.
- Remedy
- Blue bird will furnish to distributors and owners, parts and instructions necessary to modify the cross view mirror assemblies.
Recall number 99V017000 · Recall details
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Defect investigations
Seat track corrosion
Odi opened this pe after receiving three allegations of seat track corrosion discovered by fleets while performing preventative maintenance.since opening this investigation, odi has visited the fleets, inspected subject buses, interviewed shop personnel, reviewed blue bird's response to our information request. And conducted a joint evaluation of a complaint vehicle's conformance to fmvss 571.222, school bus seating and crash protection.the testing was conducted at the vehicle research & test center, anda blue bird body company test engineer was in attendance. Based on these actions,no safety related defect has been identified at this time and this pe is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that no safety-related defect exists and we reserve the right to take further action if warranted.nevertheless, blue bird has decided to mail non-safety owner letters to thesubject bus owners advising them to inspect the aluminum seat tracks on a regular basis and to make any necessary repair/replacement.
PE07020
Technical service bulletins for the 1999 Blue Bird Conventional 1
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Is the 1999 Blue Bird Conventional reliable?
Owners have filed 0 complaints about the 1999 Blue Bird Conventional.
What is the most common problem with the 1999 Blue Bird Conventional?
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How many recalls does the 1999 Blue Bird Conventional have?
4 recalls, covering structure, seats and electrical system.
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