Blue Bird Body Company: Structure
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 31, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 172. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 All American and Vision school buses manufactured March 10, 2006, through June 18, 2013; and equipped with optional transit sliding windows. Joint adhesive may not have been applied at the interior and exterior body window panel joints. Without the adhesive, these vehicles fail to conform to the standards of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
The risk
In the event of a vehicle crash, there is an increased risk that the window panels may separate and fall onto occupants causing injury.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will install additional rivets at the window panel joints, free of charge. The recall began on August 28, 2013. Owners may contact Blue Bird at 1-478-825-2021. Blue Bird's recall number is R13WM.
16 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Blue Bird All American | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Blue Bird Vision | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Blue Bird Vision | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Blue Bird Vision | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Blue Bird All American | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Blue Bird Vision | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 Blue Bird All American | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Blue Bird Vision | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Blue Bird All American | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 Blue Bird Vision | 3 | 21 | 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 13V332000.
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