Recalls for 1997 Blue Bird Q-bus

DEFECT #1 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Posted on: 2001-06-14
Description
Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with rear mounted engines.  The 12-volt power supply cable(s) may be chaffed by hoses, harnesses, frame components, or clamps.

Consequence
This condition can result in power failure and/or risk of fire in the engine compartment.

Corrective Action
Dealers will remove and inspect the 12-volt power cable(s) from the battery to the starter and, if necessary, will replace the cables.  Owner notification began july 30, 2001.  Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact blue bird at 1-912-822-2242.

Notes
Blue bird recall no.  R01ff.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

DEFECT #2 - SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL

Posted on: 2000-06-16
Description
Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with bendix air brakes.  Bendix changed the internal design of the qr1c relay valve by adding a hole in the internal diaphragm.  When the hole in the diaphragm aligns with the hole in the valve body, the brake application time increases.

Consequence
Under certain conditions, such as parked on an incline, driver activates the parking brake but removes foot from the threadle valve, the bus could roll before the parking brake is fully engaged.

Corrective Action
Dealers will replace the diaphragms with holes with solid diaphragms for the qr1c valves.

Notes
Owner notification began june 14, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact blue bird at 1-912-825-2021.  Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).