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Blue bird

Official notice

21 Oct 2015

Last checked

21 Oct 2015

High riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Blue bird. On certain buses equipped with Bergstom Inverters, a transistor could fail in the inverter due to an insufficient solder joint. This could result in the inverter overheating, causing smoke, and increase the risk of fire, which could result in injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the existing inverter with an inverter from an alternate vendor. Published 2015-10-21.

What to do now

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Recall number

69557

Official notice

2015-10-21

The hazard

On certain buses equipped with Bergstom Inverters, a transistor could fail in the inverter due to an insufficient solder joint. This could result in the inverter overheating, causing smoke, and increase the risk of fire, which could result in injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the existing inverter with an inverter from an alternate vendor.

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

69557

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2015, Make: BLUE BIRD, Model: VISION NON-SCHOOL BUS

Product 2

Year: 2016, Make: BLUE BIRD, Model: VISION NON-SCHOOL BUS

Risk / hazard

On certain buses equipped with Bergstom Inverters, a transistor could fail in the inverter due to an insufficient solder joint. This could result in the inverter overheating, causing smoke, and increase the risk of fire, which could result in injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the existing inverter with an inverter from an alternate vendor.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Blue Bird.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

69557

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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