Blue Bird Tc/2000 Non-School Bus, Commercial Series Transit Bus, Tc/1000 Non-School Bus, Q-Bus Transit Bus, Tc/2000 School Bus, Tc/1000 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 1998255 on 29 December 1998. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain buses equipped with cummins electronic engine, the grid wiring harness may chafe against the engine and wear through causing an electrical short in the grid heater power supply. The short causes the fusible link to blow. When the fusible link blows, the insulation on the fusible link may ignite, creating …
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Blue Bird TC in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998255
- Recall date
- 29 December 1998
- Make
- Blue Bird
- Models
- TC/2000 Non-School Bus, Commercial Series Transit Bus, TC/1000 Non-School Bus, Q-Bus Transit Bus, TC/2000 School Bus, TC/1000 School Bus
- Model years
- 1998
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 197
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain buses equipped with cummins electronic engine, the grid wiring harness may chafe against the engine and wear through causing an electrical short in the grid heater power supply. The short causes the fusible link to blow. When the fusible link blows, the insulation on the fusible link may ignite, creating a risk of fire in the engine compartment. Correction: A grid heater wiring modification kit will be installed.
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 1998255.
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.
- 1998206 · 21 October 1998 · Micro Bird Non-School Bus, Micro Bird School Bus · Structure
- 1998141 · 20 July 1998 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus · Engine
- 1998142 · 20 July 1998 · TC/2000 School Bus, TC/2000 Non-School Bus, Micro Bird School Bus · Visual System
- 1998082 · 29 April 1998 · TC/2000 School Bus, TC/2000 Non-School Bus, Commercial Series Transit Bus · Electrical
- 1998056 · 27 March 1998 · TC/2000 School Bus · Fuel System
- 1999062 · 15 April 1999 · Micro Bird Non-School Bus, Micro Bird School Bus · Fuel System
- 1999085 · 17 May 1999 · Conventional School Bus, Conventional Non-School Bus · Electrical
- 1999115 · 8 June 1999 · Conventional School Bus · Visual System
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998217 · 10 November 1998 · Q45 · Electrical
- 1998202 · 21 October 1998 · 626 · Electrical
- 1998116 · 5 June 1998 · 9300, 9800, 9200 · Electrical
- 1998101 · 20 May 1998 · Beetle · Electrical
- 1998025 · 16 February 1998 · Diablo Roadster · Electrical
- 1998023 · 10 February 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
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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 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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