Recall · 25V003000
Blue Bird Body recalled the BLUE BIRD ALL American School Bus over exterior lighting
91
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
January 8, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- The defect
- Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2024-2025 All American school buses. Due to incorrect wiring, the high and low beams are reversed, causing the high beam indicator to illuminate incorrectly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- The operator may inadvertently activate the high beams, affecting the vision of other drivers and increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- The remedy is currently under development. Owner notification letters were mailed February 14, 2025. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R25DH (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 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 BirdALL American School Bus | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 91 vehicles this is a small campaign: 71% 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 2024 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Blue Bird vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 7 times before this, most recently in November 2019 as 19V796000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
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 January 8, 2025 as campaign 25V003000. 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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