1994 Blue Bird TC2000: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the 1994 Blue Bird TC2000. The newest campaign is 03V363000. NHTSA received the report on 8 Oct 2003. The NHTSA record gives the component Structure / Body. NHTSA has 9 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 03V363000, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird will notify its customers and inspect and repair the affected units. Owner notification began on november 20, 2003. 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 478-822-2242.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
14 campaigns, newest first. 156,397 units in total.
- 03V363000Structure / Body
- 00V321000Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Pressure Relief Devices
- 00V219000Structure / Body
- 99V018000Seats
- 97V197000Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly
- 96V126001Seats
- 96V073000Structure / Body
- 96V068000Service Brakes, Air / Drum / Chamber
- 95V150000Structure / Body
- 95V136000Structure / Frame and Members
- 95V090000Structure / Body
- 95V051000Air Bags / Knee Bolster
- 95V036000Steering / Linkages
- 94V089000Service Brakes, Air / Supply / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
03V363000Received . 8,088 units.
Structure / Body
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain school buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 221, "school bus body joint strength." one or more of the bolts attaching the driver's platform to the floor structure was omitted.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The rear of the driver's platform may not be properly retained in the event of a crash which could increase the risk of injury or death to passengers.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird will notify its customers and inspect and repair the affected units. Owner notification began on november 20, 2003. 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 478-822-2242.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R03GZ. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
00V321000Received . 134 units.
Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Pressure Relief Devices
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: school and transit buses equipped with compressed natural gas engines (cng). The original pressure relief devices may vent unexpectedly.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Compressed natural gas leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire or explosion.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the pressure relief devices.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R00EH. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
00V219000Received . 25,839 units.
Structure / Body
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: school buses. These buses fail to meet the 60 percent joint strength requirements of FMVSS no. 221, "school bus body joint strength."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a vehicle crash, the roof may not be supported sufficiently, causing personal injury to bus occupants.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Owners will be contacted and advised to inspect each roof joint. Owners will install repair rivets in each joint found to have insufficient quantity of rivets in each examined 8 inch section.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R00DN. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
99V018000Received . 41,260 units.
Seats
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: school buses. The wall side attaching bolts for some of the passenger seats may have been installed too close to the edge of the seat ledge and in the wrong attaching hole resulting in weakening of the seat ledge at the attachment points.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a frontal crash, the rear attaching bolt of these seats could pull out of the seat ledge increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird will furnish to distributors and owners, parts and instructions necessary to strengthen the passenger seat attachment at the wall side.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number R99CN. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
97V197000Received . 16,338 units.
Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: front and rear engine school buses equipped with 60 gallon side mounted fuel tank barriers. These buses do not comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 301, "fuel system integrity."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a vehicle crash, the fuel tank could be damaged, leaking fuel, possibly resulting in a vehicle fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird will ship instructions and modification kits to the owners of these buses.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
96V126001Received . 11,371 units.
Seats
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: school buses equipped with bostrom driver's seat model f222 or bostrum "routemaster" seat. Blue bird option 2821 or 2824. The seat pedestals are fatigue cracking adjacent to the weld which secures the pedestal's upper plate to the upper, telescoping portion of the adjustable column support.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The upper mounting plate and seat upper gradually becomes loose resulting in the upper plate detaching from the supporting column and the seat can fall from its mounting. This can result in personal injury to the driver.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will repair these pedestals with a newly designed pedestal bracket kit.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
96V073000Received . 18,000 units.
Structure / Body
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Passenger's clothing can unknowingly become caught in the forward handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail, and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion, the individual is subject to being dragged by the bus. This can result in serious injury or death.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Owners will be directed to remove all forward handrails. Provisions will be made for those owners operating in states which mandate a forward handrail that a replacement handrail will be provided.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
96V068000Received . 108 units.
Service Brakes, Air / Drum / Chamber
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Air suspension torque arm can come in contact with the air brake chamber mounting bracket resulting in broken s-cam mounting bracket.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This can result in the loss of brake lining contacton the rear wheel increasing the potential for a vehicle accident.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will modify vehicles to incorporate an axle seat spacer and replace the cam shaft and cam shaft bracket with a longer cam shaft and cam shaft bracket on both right and left rear brake assemblies to provide sufficient clearance.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
95V150000Received . 2,557 units.
Structure / Body
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The floor line handrail bracket can expand during use and create an opening which could entrap coat strings, etc. And other articles of clothing.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail, and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion,the individual could be dragged by the bus. This can result in serious injury or death.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the flat split floor line bracket with a round tubular bracket.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
95V136000Received . 416 units.
Structure / Frame and Members
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
These units are equipped with a counter weight assembly made up of 300 pounds of 1/4" plate steel welded together and bolted between the frame rails in the rear overhang just forward of the rear bumper. Some of the welds have broken due to insufficient welds, corrosion, or ice expansion.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These plates can drop to the roadway becoming a hazard to following vehicles increasing the potential for an accident.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a mechanical retaining device which clamps the plates together and fastened with threaded fasteners. Bus owners will have the option of repairing their own vehicles.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY.
95V090000Received . 27,189 units.
Structure / Body
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Passengers clothing can unknowingly become caught in the handrails at bus doors when exiting the bus.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
When a passenger's clothing becomes caught in the handrail, and the bus driver closes the door and puts the vehicle in motion,the individual is subject to being dragged by the bus. This can result inserious injury or death.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a set screw to the metal clamp which retains the intermediate handrail. A high impact molded plastic "clam shell" will be placed over each end of the intermediate handrail completely covering the clamp and eliminating all catch-points. The flange of the existing floor line bracket will be crimped securing the vertical section of the primary tublar handrail at the floor line.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
95V051000Received . 2,309 units.
Air Bags / Knee Bolster
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The aisle side styrofoam knee pads on the subject barriers are 11" wide and not 14.5" as required by FMVSS no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Consequence of non-compliance: this condition could increase the potential for injury in a vehicle accident.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the incorrect pad with the correct 14.5" knee pad.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
95V036000Received . 2,714 units.
Steering / Linkages
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Quench cracks occurred in the pitman arm pinch bolt during the bolt manufacturing process, causing a weakness in these bolts.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These cracks can cause the bolts to fracture resulting in a loss of steering control and increasing the potential for a vehicle crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Blue bird will provide replacement bolts for all affected units.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
94V089000Received . 74 units.
Service Brakes, Air / Supply / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Air brake supply lines are reversed at the brake treadle valve. This can cause the modulated spring brake feature on the rear axle brake to be inoperable. In the event the rear brake supply reservoir were lost, this could result in loss of brakes without proper function of the modulated spring brake action of the rear brake axle to stop the vehicle.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Loss of the secondary spring brake function could result in a vehicle accident if the primary air brakes fail.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle owners will be instructed to swap supply lines at the treadle valve to obtain the correct plumbing, and will be reimbursed for labor expenses.
Report filed by BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY.
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
9 complaints, 9 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Air | 6 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 |
| Electrical System | 1 |
| Seats | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 13 Sep 1996
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1994 Blue Bird TC2000The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1994 Blue Bird TC2000: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/blue-bird/tc2000/1994/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1994 Blue Bird TC2000?
- 156,397 units in 14 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Blue Bird TC2000 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 64 recall campaigns for the Blue Bird TC2000, model years 1987 to 2005. 14 of them name the 1994 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1994 Blue Bird TC2000 name most often?
- Service Brakes, Air: 6 of 9 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1994 Blue Bird TC2000 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.