Recall · 22V049000
Blue Bird Body recalled the BLUE BIRD Vision over equipment adaptive/mobility
6
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
February 2, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR LIFT/RAMP
- The defect
- Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2023 Vision school buses. The vehicle multiplex software may not engage the brakes when the wheelchair platform lift is operated. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 403, "Platform Lift Systems."
- What it can cause
- Disengaged brakes can allow the school bus to move while the platform lift is in operation, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install updated software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on March 17, 2022. Owners may contact Blue Bird's customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R22BP.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue BirdVision | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 6 vehicles this is a small campaign: 94% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2022, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Blue Bird vehicles have been recalled over the equipment adaptive/mobility 25 times before this, most recently in February 2019 as 19V082000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V759000 (equipment), 24V758000 (equipment), 24V543000 (structure), 24V365000 (fuel system, other).
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 2, 2022 as campaign 22V049000. 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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