Defect: CANYON STATE BUS SALES IS RECALLING 2 RICON WHEELCHAIR LIFTS WHICH IT INSTALLED ON CERTAIN BLUE BIRD SPECIAL NEED SCHOOL BUSES, MODEL A3FE. THESE LIFTS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 404, "PLATFORM LIFT SYSTEMS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES." THE ANTI-STOW INTERLOCK MAY NOT DETECT THE PRESENCE OF A WHEELCHAIR OR MOBILITY AID USER. THE PRESSURE SENSING SWI (excerpt)
Consequence: A LIFT OCCUPANT CAN BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT BEGIN TO STOW UNINTENTIONALLY. (excerpt)
Remedy: CANYON STATE BUS SALES IS WORKING WITH RICON TO CORRECT THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07E097). OWNERS MAY CONTACT RICON AT 1-818-267-3000 OR CANYON STATE BUS SALES AT 1-602-230-1515. (excerpt)
Defect: CANYON STATE BUS SALES IS RECALLING 2 RICON WHEELCHAIR LIFTS WHICH IT INSTALLED ON CERTAIN BLUE BIRD SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BUSES, MODEL A3FE. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 404, "PLATFORM LIFT INSTALLATIONS IN MOTOR VEHICLES." THE THRESHOLD WARNING SYSTEM MAY NOT DETECT THE PRESENCE OF A WHEELCHAIR OR MOBILITY AID USER IN A CERTAIN (excerpt)
Consequence: THE USER OF THE LIFT COULD BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT MOVE UNINTENTIONALLY. (excerpt)
Remedy: CANYON STATE BUS SALES IS WORKING WITH RICON TO CORRECT THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07E095). OWNERS MAY CONTACT RICON AT 1-818-267-3000 OR CANYON STATE BUS SALES AT 1-602-230-1515. (excerpt)
Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
5 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2
EQUIPMENT
2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
10128907
Date: 2016-12-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
New Blue Bird Support Center - Technical Bus Support: Dealer memo to announce the new on-line Blue Bird Support Center for technical bus support requests.
10128588
Date: 2016-01-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
Blue Bird Troubleshooting Guides: Blue Bird announcement of the addition of troubleshooting guides for assisting in the service of the Blue Bird products. These troubleshooting guides are available on the Vantage website.
10043398
Date: 2010-05-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
BLUE BIRD BUS: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. THE LOW HORSEPOWER ENGINES MUFFLER OR DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF), WAS INSTALLED, INSTEAD, ON BUSES WITH HIGH HORSEPOWER ENGINES. *PE
10043188
Date: 2007-04-19. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
BLUE BIRD: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. THE CHARGE AIR COOLER (CAC) HAS ALTERNATOR POWER CABLE ROUTED TO CLOSE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN MELTING OF SHRINK WRAP AT CONNECTOR EXPOSING IT TO ELEMENTS. *PE
10043207
Date: 2006-09-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
BLUE BIRD: REVISED SERVICE UPDATE REGARDING FOREIGN MATERIAL IN COOLANT UNITS WHEREBY SURGE TANK AND COMPONENTS SHOULD BE REPLACED AS INSTRUCTED. *PE
Notes on this record
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
NHTSA's complaints API and bulk file list no complaint for this make, model and model year in this data build.