Blue Bird Vision School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2012417 on 11 December 2012. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain school buses, the brake light switch may have been incorrectly adjusted during vehicle assembly. Also, the brake light switch mounting bracket may deform during a “hard” return of the brake pedal. Both issues could prevent the brake lamps from illuminating when the brakes are applied, which would result …
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Blue Bird VISION SCHOOL BUS in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012417
- Recall date
- 11 December 2012
- Make
- Blue Bird
- Models
- Vision School Bus
- Model years
- 2013 to 2014
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 6
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain school buses, the brake light switch may have been incorrectly adjusted during vehicle assembly. Also, the brake light switch mounting bracket may deform during a “hard” return of the brake pedal. Both issues could prevent the brake lamps from illuminating when the brakes are applied, which would result in the following road users being unaware of the driver’s intentions, increasing the risk of a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the brake light switch and the mounting bracket with updated versions.
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 2012417.
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.
- 2012424 · 12 December 2012 · Vision School Bus · Steering
- 2012427 · 13 December 2012 · Vision School Bus, All American School Bus · Wheels
- 2012233 · 25 July 2012 · All American School Bus, Vision School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2012229 · 24 July 2012 · Vision School Bus · Brakes
- 2012175 · 8 June 2012 · Vision School Bus · Other
- 2012136 · 16 April 2012 · Micro Bird School Bus, Vision School Bus · Accessories
- 2013038 · 4 February 2013 · Ultra Low Floor Transit Bus · Steering
- 2013072 · 5 March 2013 · L4re · Structure
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012405 · 3 December 2012 · 1500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2012336 · 5 October 2012 · K370, 210, 220 · Lights And Instruments
- 2012324 · 28 September 2012 · F-650, F-750 · Lights And Instruments
- 2012300 · 5 September 2012 · Chu, Cxu · Lights And Instruments
- 2012274 · 13 August 2012 · Epica, Aveo, Optra · Lights And Instruments
- 2012275 · 13 August 2012 · Optra · Lights And Instruments
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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 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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