NHTSA campaign 05V251000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Blue Bird Body Company: Other › School Bus Stop Arm Assembly

Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on May 20, 2005 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 3,121. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

CERTAIN BLUE BIRD 2002 THROUGH 2006 MY ALL AMERICAN, CONVENTIONAL, MINIBIRD, MICROBIRD, VISION, AND TC2000 SCHOOL BUSES ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN STATES OTHER THAN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ALASKA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, THE MICROSWITCHES USED INTERNALLY TO POSITION THE SIGN IN THE OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS MAY MALFUNCTION, CAUSING THE SIGN TO OPEN OR CLOSE IN AN IMPROPER POSITION, OR TO NOT OPEN AT ALL.

The risk

SHOULD THE STOP ARM NOT PERFORM PROPERLY, A CHILD OR PEDESTRIAN MAY BE ENDANGERED BY PASSING MOTORISTS SHOULD THE MOTORIST NOT STOP AT THE CORRECT LOCATION.

The remedy

BLUE BIRD WILL NOTIFY ALL ITS CUSTOMERS OF THIS CAMPAIGN. FOR THOSE BUSES OPERATED IN OR NEAR ANY OF THE STATES LISTED ABOVE, BLUE BIRD IS ENCOURAGING THE BUS OWNERS TO OBTAIN THE REPLACEMENT SWITCH. FOR THOSE BUSES OPERATED IN THE WARMER STATES, BLUE BIRD WILL REPLACE THE SWITCH UPON OWNER REQUEST. FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO REQUEST THE REMEDY, BLUE BIRD WILL REPLACE THE ORIGINAL SWITCH WITH A SWITCH PACK THAT IS NOT SENSITIVE TO EXTREME COLD WEATHER AND WILL INSPECT TO ENSURE THE MICROSWITCH HEATER WIRING IS PROPERLY CONNECTED. THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN BEGAN ON AUGUST 12, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BLUE BIRD AT 478-822-2242.

26 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes
2006 Blue Bird All American	2	15	0	0
2006 Blue Bird Conventional	0	8	0	0
2006 Blue Bird Micro Bird	0	10	0	0
2006 Blue Bird Mini Bird	1	2	0	0
2006 Blue Bird Vision	0	17	0	0
2005 Blue Bird All American	1	13	0	0
2005 Blue Bird Conventional	0	5	0	0
2005 Blue Bird Micro Bird	0	4	0	0
2005 Blue Bird Mini Bird	0	2	0	0
2005 Blue Bird Vision	1	15	1	0
2004 Blue Bird All American	10	15	0	0
2004 Blue Bird Conventional	0	7	0	0
2004 Blue Bird Micro Bird	0	5	0	0
2004 Blue Bird Mini Bird	1	2	0	1
2004 Blue Bird TC2000	0	5	0	0
2004 Blue Bird Vision	0	17	0	0
2003 Blue Bird All American	2	11	0	0
2003 Blue Bird Conventional	1	6	0	1
2003 Blue Bird Micro Bird	0	5	0	0
2003 Blue Bird Mini Bird	0	2	0	0
2003 Blue Bird TC2000	8	6	0	0
2002 Blue Bird All American	1	14	0	0
2002 Blue Bird Conventional	0	7	0	0
2002 Blue Bird Micro Bird	0	5	0	0
2002 Blue Bird Mini Bird	0	2	0	0
2002 Blue Bird TC2000	0	11	0	0

What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 05V251000.

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