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2000 Blue Bird Ltc 40 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 28, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 28, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 Blue Bird Ltc 40. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Feb 28, 2007
Fire reported3 injuries reported

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BLUEBIRD LTC40. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AND THE TURBO UNIT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECOND TIME THE ABOVE MENTIONED PARTS FAILED RESULTING IN A FIRE ON THE BUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BY THE EXHAUST PIPES. THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE BUS AT THE TIME, AND THREE PEOPLE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION. THE FIRE TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST 2006. THE WEATHER WAS FINE. THE CONTACT DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT SPEED HE WAS DRIVING AT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESSES WERENO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THIS VEHICLE WAS STILL AT THE REPAIR SHOP AND HAS BEEN THERE SINCE AUGUST. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEMS THAT HEE WAS HAVING WITH THE BUS INVESTIGATED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10183804
Incident
Aug 20, 2006

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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