NHTSA recall 93V080000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	93V080000
Manufacturer	BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
Reported	1993-05-17
Owners notified	1993-04-27
Component	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
Units potentially affected	1932

What is wrong

A WELD IN THE DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY USED ON REAR AND/OR SIDE EMERGENCY DOORS CAN BE OVERSTRESSED AND BREAK. WHEN THIS OCCURS, A CLOSED DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED, OR IF OPEN IT CANNOT BE LATCHED.

What can happen

AN EMERGENCY DOOR THAT WILL NOT OPEN PRESENTS ANINCREASED RISK OF INJURY TO PASSENGERS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE A BUS IN ANEMERGENCY SITUATION. A DOOR LOCK WHICH WILL NOT CLOSE PRESENTS A RISK OF APASSENGER ACCIDENTALLY FALLING OUT OF THE BUS.

The remedy

REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE DOOR LOCKS.

Notes

SYSTEM: STRUCTURE: DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BUSES MANUFACTURED AT BLUE BIRD MIDWEST PLANT.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1991 BLUE BIRD CONVENTIONAL	Built 1991-05-01 to 1991-12-01.
1991 BLUE BIRD MICROBIRD	Built 1991-05-01 to 1991-12-01.
1991 BLUE BIRD TC2000	Built 1991-05-01 to 1991-12-01.

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 ID93009

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
ID93009	ID.

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