NHTSA Campaign 08V077000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

Issued by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY · Reported Feb 21, 2008 · 607 vehicles affected

What's wrong

BLUE BIRD IS RECALLING 607 MY 2004-2007 ALL AMERICAN REAR ENGINE SCHOOL BUSES AND MY 2006-2007 XCEL 102 COMMERCIAL SERIES TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH CUMMINS ISC ENGINES. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE MAY CRACK, ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE DIESEL FUEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

Consequence

THIS CONDITION CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR A RISK OF FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SHOULD THE ATOMIZED DIESEL FUEL VAPOR CONTACT AN IGNITION SOURCE.

Remedy

OWNERS WILL BE ADVISED TO CONTACT THEIR CUMMINS DEALERS TO HAVE THE REPAIR WORK PERFORMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BLUE BIRD AT 1-478-822-2242.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN 2004 607
BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN 2005 607
BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN 2006 607
BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN 2007 607
BLUE BIRD XCEL 102 2006 607
BLUE BIRD XCEL 102 2007 607

Source: NHTSA Campaign 08V077000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.