20-084-RUS – Emergency Door May Not Stay Open/FMVSS 217 – 2004-2021 Micro Bird T-Series, G5, & MBII School Buses

March 6, 2020 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V133000

Emergency Door May Not Stay Open/FMVSS 217

If the emergency door won’t stay open during an evacuation it can increase the risk of injury.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V133

Manufacturer Corp. Micro Bird Inc.

Components STRUCTURE

Potential Number of Units Affected 17,693

 

Summary

Corp. Micro Bird Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2004-2021 T-Series, G5, and MBII school buses. The emergency door retaining device may fail to keep the door in an open position. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 217, “Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release.”

 

Remedy

Micro Bird will notify owners, and dealers will install a kit to repair the emergency door retaining device, free of charge. The recall April 24, 2020. Owners may contact Micro Bird customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird’s number for this recall is 20-084-RUS.

 

Notes

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.

 

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Recall # 20-084-RUS / NHTSA Recall # 20V-133
(Rear Emergency Door Retainer Device) 

 

IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 20V-133

This notice applies to your vehicle(s) identified on the attached list

 

April 2020

This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

 

What is being recalled?

Micro Bird has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 2004-2021 T-Series, G5 and MBII school buses, built on Ford, Ford Transit and GM chassis, manufactured between November 2, 2004 and March 6, 2020 equipped with a rear emergency door retaining device.

 

Why is it being recalled?

The rear emergency door retaining device may prematurely stop working properly.

 

What is the safety issue?

The rear emergency door retaining device may break apart and/or stop retaining the emergency door in the open position, which may cause the door to close during emergency evacuation of the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.

 

What are we asking you to do?

• Locate the affected unit(s) in your fleet and visit MB Recall Portal at https://recall.microbird.com/ to order your repair kit(s). You will need your Identification Code to access your account on the portal. Your Identification Code is provided with this recall (See the Memo Micro Bird Recall Portal). Please, keep it on file for you will need it to file your claim on the portal after repair.
• For reimbursement, visit MB Recall Portal at https://recall.microbird.com/ or complete the reply sheet for each repaired vehicle and send it back to Micro Bird Corporation Inc. by fax at 819 475 9633 or by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com. This will enable us to update our files

 

What will Micro Bird do?

Micro Bird will provide a repair kit as well as field modification instruction to mitigate this recall at no charge. It will be the responsibility of the bus owners to execute the mitigation.

 

When will the repair kit be available?

Micro Bird do not anticipate being able to start shipping before July 2020.

 

How long will it take?

The time allotted by Micro Bird Inc. for the repair is 6 minutes per vehicle

For more information about this recall, please contact us by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com

 

If you have concerns you may contact the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20590 or call the Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800424-9153); or go to https://www.safercar.gov

Best regards,

Marie Claude Gagnon
Product Certification and Specification Specialist
Micro Bird Corporation Inc.

 

Changed address or sold the vehicle?

If you have changed address, or have sold the vehicle, please complete the form at the end of this letter, sign and date it, then send it to Micro Bird Corp. by fax at 819 475-9633 or by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com so we can update our records. The information you provide will be used to notify the new owner about this recall. If you have leased this vehicle to another person or organization, you must forward this letter to the lessee within ten (10) days.

 

Micro Bird Corporation Inc., 3000 Girardin, Drummondville (Quebec) J2E 0A1

 

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DATE:	March 2020
TO:	Micro Bird Distributors
SUBJECT:	Recall # 20-084-RUS /NHTSA # 20V-133
FROM:	Marie Claude Gagnon, Product Cert. and Specification Specialist, Micro Bird

 

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This notice is sent to you in accordance with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

 

What is being recalled?

Micro Bird has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain T-Series, G5 and MBII school buses, built on Ford, Ford Transit and GM chassis, manufactured between November 2, 2004 and March 6, 2020 equipped with a rear emergency door retaining device

 

Why is it being recalled?

The rear emergency door retaining device may prematurely stop working properly.

 

What is the safety issue?

The rear emergency door retaining device may break apart and/or stop retaining the emergency door in the open position, which may cause the door to close during emergency evacuation of the vehicle.

 

ATTENTION: The rear emergency door retaining device installed in delivered vehicles – Part 18DZZ001 – is no longer available for purchase and shall not be sold to a final owner or installed in a vehicle.  Accordingly, we are asking you to immediately quarantine all units of part 18DZZ001 you have in stock.  When available, we will provide recall repair kits for the quarantined parts.

A new rear emergency door retaining device – Part A000978 – has been designed and is currently installed in all new vehicles. It will soon be available for purchase.

 

What we are asking you to do?

1. Locate and remove any Part 18DZZ001 units you have in stock. These parts may be kept for repair, but should not be installed. Contact us by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com to inform us of the number of Part 18DZZ001 units for which you will need a repair kit.

2. Locate the affected unit(s) in your fleet and contact us by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com to order your repair kit(s). Please note that we do not expect being able to ship repair kits before July 2020.
3. For reimbursement, complete the reply sheet for each repaired vehicle and send it back to Micro Bird Corporation Inc. by fax at 819 475 9633 or by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com or file your reimbursement claim via GOLS. This will enable us to update our files

 

What will Micro Bird do?

Micro Bird will provide a repair kit as well as field modification instruction to mitigate this recall at no charge. It will be the responsibility of the bus owners to execute the mitigation.

 

When will the repair kit be available?

Micro Bird do not anticipate being able to start shipping before July 2020.

 

How long will it take?

The time allotted by Micro Bird Inc. for the repair is 6 minutes per vehicle

 

For more information about this recall, please contact us by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this action may have caused and we thank you for your cooperation.

Best regards,

Marie Claude Gagnon
Product Certification and Specification Specialist
Micro Bird Corporation Inc.

 

Micro Bird Corporation Inc., 3000 Girardin, Drummondville (Quebec) J2E 0A1

 

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DATE:	March 2020
TO:	Micro Bird Distributors
SUBJECT:	Recall # 20-084-RUS /NHTSA # 20V-133
FROM:	Marie Claude Gagnon, Product Cert. and Specification Specialist, Micro Bird

 

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This notice is sent to you in accordance with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

 

What is being recalled?

Micro Bird has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain T-Series, G5 and MBII school buses, built on Ford, Ford Transit and GM chassis, manufactured between November 2, 2004 and March 6, 2020 equipped with a rear emergency door retaining device

 

Why is it being recalled?

The rear emergency door retaining device may prematurely stop working properly.

 

What is the safety issue?

The rear emergency door retaining device may break apart and/or stop retaining the emergency door in the open position, which may cause the door to close during emergency evacuation of the vehicle.

 

Remedy procedure upcoming

This notice is to advise you that the field remedy procedure and parts are not available at this moment. You will receive a second notice when the remedy procedure become available.

 

ATTENTION: The rear emergency door retaining device installed in delivered vehicles – Part 18DZZ001

– is no longer available for purchase and shall not be sold to a final owner or installed in a vehicle.  Accordingly, we are asking you to immediately quarantine all units of part 18DZZ001 you have in stock.  When available, we will provide recall repair kits for the quarantined parts.

A new rear emergency door retaining device – Part A000978 – has been designed and is currently installed in all new vehicles. It will soon be available for purchase.

 

What we are asking you to do?

1. Locate and remove any Part 18DZZ001 units you have in stock. These parts may be kept for repair, but should not be installed. Contact Rec20-084@microbird.com to inform us of the number of Part 18DZZ001 units for which you will need a repair kit.

For more information about this recall, please contact us by email at Rec20-084@microbird.com

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this action may have caused and we thank you for your cooperation.

Best regards,

Marie Claude Gagnon
Product Certification and Specification Specialist
Micro Bird Corporation Inc.

 

Micro Bird Corporation Inc., 3000 Girardin, Drummondville (Quebec) J2E 0A1

 

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54 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKE	MODEL	YEAR
MICRO BIRD	G5	2004-2021
MICRO BIRD	MB II	2004-2021
MICRO BIRD	T-SERIES	2004-2021

 

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9 Associated Documents

Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-20V133-9889.PDF 212.53KB

 

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-20V133-9460.PDF 212.53KB

 

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Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-20V133-3067.pdf 245.545KB

 

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)

RCMN-20V133-4644.pdf 186.919KB

 

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)

RCMN-20V133-5014.pdf 209.549KB

 

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Recall Quarterly Report #1, 2020-2

RCLQRT-20V133-2384.PDF 211.153KB

 

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Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-20V133-3912.pdf 221.608KB

 

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Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2020-3

RCLQRT-20V133-8378.PDF 211.254KB

 

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Recall Quarterly Report #3, 2020-4

RCLQRT-20V133-8280.PDF 211.353KB

 

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Latest Recalls Documents

For the Latest and Most Recent Recalls Information Visit the link below…

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=20V133&docType=RCL

 

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