NHTSA recall 89V202000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V202000
Manufacturer	BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Reported	1989-11-16
Owners notified	1990-05-15
Component	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
Units potentially affected	1369

What is wrong

FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLIES MAY CONTAIN CRACKED BRAKE DRUMS DUE TO IMPROPER FIT BETWEEN THE WHEEL HUBS AND THE BRAKE DRUMS.

What can happen

THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF BUS BRAKING CONTROL AND RESULTIN AN ACCIDENT.

The remedy

REPLACE DEFECTIVE BRAKE DRUMS.

Notes

SYSTEM: FRONT BRAKE DRUMS.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SCHOOL BUSES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1988 BLUE BIRD TC2000	Built 1988-05-01 to 1989-08-01.
1989 BLUE BIRD TC2000	Built 1988-05-01 to 1989-08-01.

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 PE89137

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
PE89137	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1989-07-06, closed 1989-11-16. CRACKED BRAKE DRUMS. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC.

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