Blue Bird Body Company: Seats
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 25, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 67. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2011-2017 All American school buses manufactured from August 20, 2010, through December 16, 2015. Buses with rear side emergency doors have seats over the wheelhouse area whose rear legs may detach from the floor in a crash, resulting in belted occupants traveling forward. As such, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
The risk
If the seat does not allow the occupant to be properly restrained in the event of a crash, they would be at an increased risk of injury.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rear leg assembly, free of charge. The recall began on April 19, 2016. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's recall number for this campaign is R16YM-SB.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Blue Bird All American | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Blue Bird All American | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Blue Bird All American | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 35 | 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 16V172000.
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