NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ08-004: FRONT AXLE / TIRE OVERLOAD
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ08-004 on June 24, 2008 and closed it on November 3, 2008. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2005–2007 Blue Bird Wanderlodge M450 LXI for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ08-004 (also written RQ08004)
- Investigation type
- Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
- Status
- Closed November 3, 2008
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Blue Bird Body Company
- Components
- Suspension — Front; Tires; Tires — Valve; Wheels
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2005–2007 Blue Bird Wanderlodge M450 LXI
A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ08-004.
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BLUE BIRD IS IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS WEIGHT REDUCTION, WEIGHT REDISTRIBUTION , AND CAPACITY UPGRADE INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THEFRONT AXLE / TIRE OVER-LOAD CONDITION OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES.ODI IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT BLUE BIRD'S INITIATIVE TO UPRATE THE FRONT TIRE BY REQUIRING OWNERS TO MAINTAIN 130 PSI INFLATION PRESSURE.IN RESPONSE TO ODI'S CONCERNS, BLUE BIRD WILL SUPPLEMENT THEIR ORIGINAL REMEDY PLAN OF PROVIDING NEW FRONT TIRES AND NEW TIRE CERTIFCATION LABELS SPECIFYING THE 130 PSI INFLATION REQUIREMENT WITH INTIATIVES TO: (1) INSTALL AN ON-BOARD TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROVIDING 130 PSI; (2) INSTALL A PLACARD ON THE DASH PANEL AS A ONGOING REMINDER TO OWNERS OF THE NEED TO MAINTAIN PROPER INFLATION PRESSURE; AND (3) INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBLITY OF PERIODICALLY REMINDING OWNERS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING SPECIFIED TIRE PRESSURE.ODI REMAINS GENERALLY CONCERNED ABOUT FRONT TIRES INSTALLED IN MOTOR HOMES BECAUSE ODI'S EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT MOTOR HOME OWNERS ARE FREQUENLTY UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO MAINTAIN HIGH INFLATION PRESSURES IN THEIR TIRES.SEE ODI'S CLOSING REPORT FOR ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS / DETAILS REGARDING THIS.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ08-004. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Blue Bird
All Blue Bird recallsWhat an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ08-004
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.