NHTSA campaign 05V062000 · Blue Bird campaign R05JL
Blue Bird Recall 05V-062: FUEL LIFT PUMP/CUMMINS/ENGINE STALLING
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V062000 (Blue Bird campaign R05JL) was reported by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY on February 22, 2005, with 18,891 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Blue Bird All American, Blue Bird Commercial Series and Blue Bird TC2000 for model years 1998–2002.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V062000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V062000 (also written 05V-062 or 05V062)
- Filed by
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Blue Bird campaign number
- R05JL
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 18,891 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Fuel System, Diesel
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V062000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V062000.
Defect description
CERTAIN 1998 THROUGH 2002 BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN, TC2000 SCHOOL AND TRANSIT BUSES, AND COMMERCIAL SERIES BUSES EQUIPPED WITH CUMMINS ISB DIESEL ENGINES. THE FUEL PUMP COULD FAIL TO TRANSFER FUEL APPROPRIATELY CREATING AN ENGINE STALL CONDITION.
Safety consequence
SHOULD THE ENGINE STALL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN USE, A POSSIBLE VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.
Manufacturer remedy
CUSTOMERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY CUMMINS TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO HAVE THE FUEL LIFT PUMP REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT CUMMINS AT 1-800-DIESELS.
Notes
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.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V062000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.