Recall · 20V125000
Blue Bird Body recalled 2 models over seats
2,790
Vehicles covered
2
Models
28
Model years
March 3, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:BARRIERS
- The defect
- Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2008-2021 Vision and All American school buses. The seat barrier behind the driver seat with an integrated 3-point seat belt may have been installed incorrectly and may be missing the reinforcing bracket. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash, the seat barrier may not adequately protect the occupant seated behind the seat barrier separating them from the driver seat with integrated 3-point seat belt, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and properly install the seat barrier including adding reinforcing bracket, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 23, 2020. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R20AM-SB.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue BirdALL American | 2008 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Blue BirdVision | 2008 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,790 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2008 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 12 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Blue Bird vehicles have been recalled over the seats 18 times before this, most recently in November 2018 as 18V846000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 28 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in March 2009, 10 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 37 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V759000 (equipment), 24V758000 (equipment), 24V600000 (fuel system, gasoline), 24V599000 (fuel system, gasoline).
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 Blue Bird Body Company with NHTSA on March 3, 2020 as campaign 20V125000. 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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