NHTSA campaign 07V275000 · Blue Bird campaign R07LX

Blue Bird Recall 07V-275: SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVE/BENDIX

NHTSA recall 07V275000 (Blue Bird campaign R07LX) was reported by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY on June 26, 2007, with 4,530 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Blue Bird All American and Blue Bird Vision for model years 2007–2008. Owners were notified on September 30, 2007, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 07V275000 (also written 07V-275 or 07V275)
Filed by: BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Blue Bird campaign number: R07LX
Report received: June 26, 2007
Potentially affected: 4,530 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Parking Brake
Owners notified: September 30, 2007

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07V275000. 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 All American
- 2007, 2008
Blue Bird Vision
- 2007, 2008

All Blue Bird recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07V275000.

Defect description

CERTAIN MY 2007 AND 2008 BLUE BIRD VISION AND ALL AMERICAN SCHOOL AND TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN DECEMBER 1, 2005, AND MAY 24, 2007, AND EQUIPPED WITH BENDIX SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVES. THE INTERNAL RUBBER CHECK VALVE MAY LEAK CAUSING A DELAY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE SPRING BRAKES TO PARK THE VEHICLE AFTER THE OPERATOR PULLS THE DASH VALVE BUTTON.

Safety consequence

THE DELAYED PARKING BRAKE APPLICATION CAN OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING, LEADING TO UNINTENDED VEHICLE ROLLAWAY.

Manufacturer remedy

BLUE BIRD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT BLUE BIRD AT 478-822-2242.

Notes

BLUE BIRD RECALL NO. R07LX.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 07V275000

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.