Recall · 23V795000
Corp. Micro Bird recalled the MICRO BIRD G5 over equipment adaptive/mobility
22
Vehicles covered
1
Model
10
Model years
November 23, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR LIFT/RAMP:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Corp. Mirco Bird, Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2006-2008 G5, 2010-2012 G5, 2014-2015 G5, and 2020-2021 G5 school buses equipped with transversal wheelchair track anchorages. The wheelchair track anchorages may not sufficiently secure a wheelchair and detach during a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- Wheelchair track anchorages that detach may not adequately restrain an occupant, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will reattach the transversal anchorages, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 17, 2024. Owners may contact Micro Bird customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 23-104-TUS.
- 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 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 22 vehicles this is a small campaign: 86% 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 model years 2006 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 17 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Micro Bird vehicles have been recalled over the equipment adaptive/mobility 11 times before this, most recently in August 2018 as 18V574000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 19 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V190000 (seats), 24V485000 (structure), 24V484000 (structure), 24V448000 (seats).
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 November 23, 2023 as campaign 23V795000. 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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