Blue Bird All American School Bus, All American Non-School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 1975044 on 9 May 1975. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says If proper starting procedure is not followed, lean carburetor settings required for exhaust emissions may cause backfire through the carburetor, causing potentially ignitable fuel droplets to be absorbed by air cleaner. the same condition could result from engine reaching operating temperature.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Blue Bird ALL AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Blue Bird ALL AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS is named on 31 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1975044
- Recall date
- 9 May 1975
- Make
- Blue Bird
- Models
- All American School Bus, All American Non-School Bus
- Model years
- 1972 to 1975
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 49
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
IF PROPER STARTING PROCEDURE IS NOT FOLLOWED, LEAN CARBURETOR SETTINGS REQUIRED FOR EXHAUST EMISSIONS MAY CAUSE BACKFIRE THROUGH THE CARBURETOR, CAUSING POTENTIALLY IGNITABLE FUEL DROPLETS TO BE ABSORBED BY AIR CLEANER. THE SAME CONDITION COULD RESULT FROM ENGINE REACHING OPERATING TEMPERATURE.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1975044.
Blue Bird elsewhere in this register
Blue Bird is named on 242 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1975089 · 27 August 1975 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Other
- 1975100 · 15 October 1975 · All Canadian Non-School Bus, All Canadian School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 1975105 · 30 October 1975 · All Canadian Non-School Bus, All Canadian School Bus · Brakes
- 1976051 · 12 April 1976 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Suspension
- 1976105 · 10 September 1976 · All Canadian Non-School Bus, All Canadian School Bus · Brakes
- 1976122 · 5 November 1976 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Suspension
- 1977026 · 28 June 1977 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Fuel System
- 1977101 · 17 November 1977 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1975119 · 15 December 1975 · Monza, Astre, Sunbird · Fuel System
- 1977022 · 15 June 1977 · El Camino, Chevelle, Skylark · Fuel System
- 1977026 · 28 June 1977 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Fuel System
- 1977040 · 4 August 1977 · R100rs, R100s, R100/7 · Fuel System
- 1977118 · 14 December 1977 · Club Cab · Fuel System
- 1977124 · 29 December 1977 · SL350, CL450, CB750 · Fuel System
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Blue Bird All American School Bus, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Blue Bird: 242 in the register, and 117 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1975.
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