Recall · 21V530000
Corp. Micro Bird recalled 3 models over structure
17,204
Vehicles covered
3
Models
60
Model years
July 13, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT:LATCHING/RELEASE SYSTEM
- The defect
- Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2003-2022 MBII, T-Series, and G5 school buses. The emergency release handle on the service door may bind, not allowing the door panels to open.
- What it can cause
- The service door may not open, preventing evacuation of the vehicle in case of emergency, and increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will provide instructions on how to correctly adjust the service door, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 8, 2021. Owners may contact Micro Bird customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 21-087-DUS.
- 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.nhtsa.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 BirdG5 | 2003 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Micro BirdMB II | 2003 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Micro BirdT-Series | 2003 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 17,204 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 83% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2003 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 18 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Micro Bird vehicles have been recalled over the structure 7 times before this, most recently in March 2020 as 20V133000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V190000 (seats), 24V841000 (electrical system), 24V485000 (structure), 24V484000 (structure).
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 July 13, 2021 as campaign 21V530000. 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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