Recall · 20V005000
Corp. Micro Bird recalled the MICRO BIRD T-Series over electrical system
1,863
Vehicles covered
1
Model
5
Model years
January 6, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- The defect
- Corp. Micro Bird Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2015-2019 T-Series school buses. The 150A circuit breaker located under the driver's seat may be oversized and may not open fast enough to power off the electrical panel supply, which can lead to overheating of the wires.
- What it can cause
- If the wires overheat, there is an increased risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Micro Bird will notify owners and dealers will replace the breaker, free of charge. The recall began February 10, 2020. Owners may contact Micro Bird customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 19-083-BUS.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Micro BirdT-Series | 2015 to 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,863 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 65% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Micro Bird vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 9 times before this, most recently in July 2019 as 19V520000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V485000 (structure), 24V484000 (structure), 22V715000 (electrical system), 22V714000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Corp. Micro Bird Inc. with NHTSA on January 6, 2020 as campaign 20V005000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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