NHTSA recall 89V116000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V116000
Manufacturer	BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Reported	1989-07-17
Owners notified	1989-07-24
Component	STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
Units potentially affected	302

What is wrong

LOOSE RETAINING NUT ON STEERING WHEEL COULD CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO FEEL LOOSE.

What can happen

THIS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT STEERING CONTROL WITHPOTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT.

The remedy

TORQUE RETAINING NUT TO SPECIFICATION AND APPLY LOCKTITE.

Notes

SYSTEM:STEERING WHEEL RETAINING NUT.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:SCHOOL BUSES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1989 BLUE BIRD ALL AMERICAN	Built 1989-01-01 to 1989-06-01.
1989 BLUE BIRD TC2000	Built 1989-01-01 to 1989-06-01.

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 PE89136

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
PE89136	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1989-07-06, closed 1989-07-25. STEERING WHEELS LOOSE. STEERING.

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