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Blue bird

Official notice

15 Apr 2013

Last checked

15 Apr 2013

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Blue bird. On certain buses, the bracket which secures the power steering gear to the chassis may develop cracks. This could allow the steering gear to partially detach from the chassis, which could result in a loss of steering control and a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will install reinforcement plates. Published 2013-04-15.

What to do now

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Recall number

70634

Official notice

2013-04-15

The hazard

On certain buses, the bracket which secures the power steering gear to the chassis may develop cracks. This could allow the steering gear to partially detach from the chassis, which could result in a loss of steering control and a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will install reinforcement plates.

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Recall Numbers

70634

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2003, Make: BLUE BIRD, Model: ULTRA LOW FLOOR TRANSIT BUS

Product 2

Year: 2004, Make: BLUE BIRD, Model: ULTRA LOW FLOOR TRANSIT BUS

Product 3

Year: 2005, Make: BLUE BIRD, Model: ULTRA LOW FLOOR TRANSIT BUS

Product 4

Year: 2006, Make: BLUE BIRD, Model: ULTRA LOW FLOOR TRANSIT BUS

Risk / hazard

On certain buses, the bracket which secures the power steering gear to the chassis may develop cracks. This could allow the steering gear to partially detach from the chassis, which could result in a loss of steering control and a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will install reinforcement plates.

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

medium

Recall details

Recall number

70634

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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