NHTSA recall 08V286000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	08V286000
Manufacturer's number	R08NF
Manufacturer	BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Reported	2008-07-01
Owners notified	2008-07-11
Component	EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
Units potentially affected	83

What is wrong

BLUE BIRD IS RECALLING 162 MY 1999-2002 WANDERLODGE MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH NORCOLD MODEL 1200LR OR 1200LRIM GAS/ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS. A FATIGUE FAILURE IN THE SECTION OF THE COOLING UNIT WHICH CONTAINS THE REFRIGERANT COULD ALLOW THE LIQUID SOLUTION TO SLOWLY LEAK.

What can happen

EXTENDED OPERATION OF A LEAKING COOLING UNIT COULD LEAD TO A FIRE FROM GAS WHICH MIGHT ESCAPE.

The remedy

BLUE BIRD IS WORKING WITH NORCOLD TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS. NORCOLD WILL PROVIDE THERMAL SWITCH KITS TO OWNERS ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 11, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NORCOLD AT 1-800-767-9101 OR BLUE BIRD AT 1-478-825-2021.

Notes

BLUE BIRD RECALL NO. R08NF.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1999 BLUE BIRD WANDERLODGE	Built 1999-07-23 to 2002-05-29.
2000 BLUE BIRD WANDERLODGE	Built 1999-07-23 to 2002-05-29.
2001 BLUE BIRD WANDERLODGE	Built 1999-07-23 to 2002-05-29.
2002 BLUE BIRD WANDERLODGE	Built 1999-07-23 to 2002-05-29.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EQ08009

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EQ08009	Equipment query, opened 2008-05-30, closed 2008-10-06. NORCOLD, INC ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS. EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SM1608	2018-02-21. Service bulletin. New Blue Bird Support Center - Technical Bus Support: Dealer memo to announce the new on-line Blue Bird Support Center for technical bus support requests.
SM1601	2018-02-12. Service bulletin. Blue Bird Troubleshooting Guides: Blue Bird announcement of the addition of troubleshooting guides for assisting in the service of the Blue Bird products. These troubleshooting guides are available on the Vantage website.

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.