The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Vision transit buses, designed to run on propane. The fuel control valve solenoid may short circuit, shutting off the flow of propane to the engine, causing the engine to shut off.
The risk
An engine stall while driving increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers for Roush CleanTech, the supplier of the propane fuel kit, will replace the defective fuel control valve solenoids, free of charge. The recall began on April 21, 2017. Owners may contact Blue Bird at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for recall is R17ZA (NSB).
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Blue Bird Vision | 2017, 2018 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Vision | 2017 | 1 | 28 |
| Blue Bird Vision | 2018 | 0 | 35 |
Other fuel system, other recalls in 2017
11 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the fuel system, other; Blue Bird Body Company filed 162 campaigns in all.
| 17V665000 19 Oct 2017 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 17V269000 21 Apr 2017 | National Fleet Services of Ohio |
| 17V234000 6 Apr 2017 | Corp. Micro Bird Inc. |
| 17V228000 4 Apr 2017 | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 17V203000 23 Mar 2017 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 17V199000 23 Mar 2017 | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 17V208000 23 Mar 2017 | Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. |
| 17V170000 13 Mar 2017 | Roush CleanTech, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017