Service Brakes
Filed Sep 3, 201948,000 milesMI
REAR BRAKE WEAR EXCESSIVE THIS SCHOOL BUS REQUIRES REAR BRAKES EVERY 5000 MILES AND AT TIMES EVEN LESS HAVING BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BLUE BIRD AND GETTING NO FACTORY HELP ITS TIME TO SEEK HELP
2018 Blue Bird Conventional
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System
Filed Oct 16, 201816,329 milesVA
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BECOMES COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE OPERATOR UNAWARE OF ANY MALFUNCTIONS WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. ...*BF.. UPDATED 10/29/18*JB *DT *JB
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1991| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 — this page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 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 |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
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.