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Blue Bird TC1000 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 4 model years of the Blue Bird TC1000 (1996–1999). The most-complained-about year is 1999.

2
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
1998
year with most recalls
1999
year with most complaints

Pick your Blue Bird TC1000 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1999 Blue Bird TC100001
1998 Blue Bird TC100020
1997 Blue Bird TC100010
1996 Blue Bird TC100010

What Blue Bird TC1000 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 1999 model year has the most, with 1.

All Blue Bird TC1000 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Blue Bird TC1000, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electrical system: front underhood

    NHTSA 98V313000 Reported 2,740 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    Vehicle description: school and transit forward and rear engine buses equipped with cummins isb and isc engines. The wiring harness to the combustion air intake grid heater can chafe against the engine and wear through causing an electrical short in the grid heater power supply. The short causes the fusible link to fail.

    Remedy: Owners will be advised to replace the original grid heater power supply harness with fusible links with a new grid heater power supply harness equipped with fuses. In addition, a clamp will be added to support the…

    Model years: 1998

  2. Drum (service brakes)

    NHTSA 98V128000 Reported 433 vehicles potentially affected BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY

    Vehicle description: steering axle brake drums, part number 61958b, used in an axle assembly combination supplied solely to blue bird body company by webb wheel. The brake drum is oversized in the area above the mounting flange and prevents the disc wheel from mounting flat against the brake drum.

    Remedy: Webb wheel will replace both steering axle brake drums. Also, if contact is present between the brake drum and the disc wheel, both steering axle brake drums and both steering axle disc wheels will be replaced.

    Model years: 1996, 1997, 1998

Other Blue Bird models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.