Recall · 21V070000
Blue Bird Body recalled 2 models over seat belts
620
Vehicles covered
2
Models
7
Model years
February 12, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:ANCHORAGE
- The defect
- Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Vision and All American buses. The seats with integrated 3-point seat belts may have been installed incorrectly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
- What it can cause
- An incorrectly installed seat can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seats and install any missing hardware, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 9, 2021. Owner notification letters were mailed February 03, 2022. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R21BB-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 | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Blue BirdVision | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 620 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 53% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Blue Bird vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 10 times before this, most recently in July 2020 as 20V409000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 48 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 February 12, 2021 as campaign 21V070000. 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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