NHTSA campaign 12V362000 · Manufacturer campaign 12-053-RHU

Micro Bird Recall 12V-362: BUS ROOF ESCAPE HATCH/FMVSS 217

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V362000 (Manufacturer campaign 12-053-RHU) was reported by CORP. MICRO BIRD, INC. on July 25, 2012, with 11 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Micro Bird G5 School Bus for model years 2011–2012. Owners were notified on July 31, 2012, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V362000 (also written 12V-362 or 12V362)
Filed by: CORP. MICRO BIRD, INC.
Manufacturer campaign number: 12-053-RHU
Report received: July 25, 2012
Potentially affected: 11 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Structure — Body — Roof and Pillars
Owners notified: July 31, 2012
Safety standard: FMVSS 217
NHTSA investigation: Equipment Query EQ12-008 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V362000. 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.

Micro Bird

Micro Bird G5 School Bus
- 2011, 2012 · Vehicles built April 1, 2011 – June 26, 2012 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V362000.

Defect description

Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain model year 2011 and 2012 Micro Bird G5 school buses manufactured from April 1, 2011, through June 26, 2012, equipped with ProLo roof escape hatches made by Specialty Manufacturing, Incorporated. Increased friction between the rear plate assemblies, p/no. 009327, and the nylon rear pop-up support, p/no. 008956, may result in an opening force of the ProLo roof hatches that exceeds Federal standard requirements. Thus, these hatches fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."

Safety consequence

In the event of an emergency, egress of the bus may be hindered possibly resulting in injury to the vehicle occupants.

Manufacturer remedy

Micro Bird will notify owners. Specialty Manufacturing, Inc.(SMI) will provide service kits along with repair instructions to dealers and owners, free of charge. The safety recall began on July 31, 2012. Owners may contact Micro Bird at 1-819-477-2012 or SMI at 1-800-951-7867.

Notes

This is Micro Bird recall number 12-053-RHU.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V362000

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.