2017 Blue Bird Conventional

Fatalities reported

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	1		1	0	1

What owners reported

Newest filings

EngineCrash1 injured1 killed

Filed Feb 2, 201823,307 milesGA

ON 12.05.17 THE INVOLVED BLUE BIRD SCHOOL BUS EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION EVENT AND DESPITE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO SLOW THE BUS BY SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL, GEAR 1 THEN GEAR 2 AND POSSIBLY OTHER EFFORTS (WE HAVE VIDEO DEMONSTRATING THIS), THE BUS CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL COMING TO REST FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH A DITCH AND TREE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A 5 YEAR OLD PASSENGER. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED ON A COUNTY DIRT ROAD. *TR *BF *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2018	2	0	0	0	Routine
2017 — this page	1	0	0	1	Fatalities reported
2014	0	2	0	0	Routine
2011	1	1	0	0	Routine
2010	1	3	0	0	Routine
2009	0	2	0	0	Routine
2008	1	7	1	0	Routine
2007	0	6	0	0	Routine
2006	0	8	0	0	Routine
2005	0	5	0	0	Routine
2004	0	7	0	0	Routine
2003	1	6	0	0	Routine
2002	0	7	0	0	Routine
2001	0	6	0	0	Routine
2000	0	2	0	0	Routine
1999	0	4	0	0	Routine
1998	0	4	0	0	Routine
1997	0	4	0	0	Routine
1996	0	5	0	0	Routine
1995	0	4	0	0	Routine
1994	0	4	0	0	Routine
1993	0	5	0	0	Routine
1992	0	5	0	0	Routine
1991	7	6	0	0	Routine
1990	0	5	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.