Blue Bird Conventional School Bus, Mini Bird School Bus, All American School Bus, Tc/2000 School Bus, Micro Bird School Bus, Vision School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2005322 on 18 October 2005. System: Other.
What the notice says On certain school buses, in extreme cold weather, the microswitches used internally to position the stop arm sign in the open and closed positions may malfunction, causing the sign to open or close in an improper position, or to not open at all. Should the stop arm not perform properly, a child or pedestrian may be …
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Blue Bird CONVENTIONAL SCHOOL BUS in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005322
- Recall date
- 18 October 2005
- Make
- Blue Bird
- Models
- Conventional School Bus, Mini Bird School Bus, All American School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus, Micro Bird School Bus, Vision School Bus
- Model years
- 2002 to 2006
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,731
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain school buses, in extreme cold weather, the microswitches used internally to position the stop arm sign in the open and closed positions may malfunction, causing the sign to open or close in an improper position, or to not open at all. Should the stop arm not perform properly, a child or pedestrian may be endangered by passing vehicles should the motorist not stop at the correct location. Correction: Dealers will retrofit the stop arm with a switch pack that is not sensitive to extreme cold weather.
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 2005322.
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.
- 2005302 · 11 October 2005 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Electrical
- 2005259 · 7 September 2005 · Ultra Low Floor Transit Bus · Fuel System
- 2005187 · 23 June 2005 · Ultra Low Floor Transit Bus · Other
- 2005124 · 27 April 2005 · All American School Bus · Other
- 2005075 · 29 March 2005 · TC/2000 School Bus, All American School Bus, TC/2000 Non-School Bus · Fuel System
- 2005060 · 9 March 2005 · Vision Non-School Bus, Vision School Bus · Electrical
- 2005056 · 4 March 2005 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2005011 · 14 January 2005 · Ultra Low Floor Transit Bus · Other
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005314 · 14 October 2005 · Business Class M2 · Other
- 2005307 · 12 October 2005 · Ram · Other
- 2005301 · 11 October 2005 · Magellan, Windsport, Hurricane · Other
- 2005304 · 11 October 2005 · Uswg Propane Delivery Trailer · Other
- 2005210 · 13 July 2005 · MST, E-Z Rider, Escort Rea · Other
- 2005123 · 27 April 2005 · American Tradition, American Eagle, Revolution Le · Other
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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 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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