NHTSA campaign 05V404000 · Blue Bird campaign R05KB

Blue Bird Recall 05V-404: ENGINE STALL CONDITION/CUMMINS

NHTSA recall 05V404000 (Blue Bird campaign R05KB) was reported by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY on September 13, 2005, with 46 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Blue Bird Ultra LF for model years 2004–2006.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 05V404000 (also written 05V-404 or 05V404)
Filed by: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Blue Bird campaign number: R05KB
Report received: September 13, 2005
Potentially affected: 46 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Fuel System, Other — Delivery — Fuel Pump

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V404000. 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.

Blue Bird

Blue Bird Ultra LF
- 2004, 2005, 2006 · Vehicles built May 28, 2004 – July 12, 2005 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V404000.

Defect description

CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SERIES TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH CUMMINS ISB-02 DIESEL ENGINES BUILT WITH EMC CONTROLLED FUEL LIFT PUMPS. ERRATIC VOLTAGE SUPPLY TO THE FUEL LIFT PUMP CAUSES PREMATURE ELECTRIC BRUSH WEAR INTERNAL TO THE FUEL LIFT PUMP. THIS PREMATURE WEAR COULD RESULT IN FUEL LIFT PUMP FAILURE AND IN SOME CASES MAY CAUSE AN ENGINE STALL CONDITION.

Safety consequence

SHOULD THE ENGINE STALL, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

CUMMINS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH BLUE BIRD, WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE ENGINES BY EMC RECALIBRATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL LIFT PUMP AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CUMMINS ASSISTANCE CENTER AT 1-800-DIESELS OR BLUE BIRD AT 1-478-822-2242.

Notes

BLUE BIRD RECALL NO. R05KB.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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V404000

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.