Corp. Micro Bird Inc.: Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Corp. Micro Bird Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 12, 2017 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 292. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Corp. Micro Bird Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2006-2017 G5 school buses with an unloaded weight more than 10,013 pounds. In a rollover, the roof may crush excessively. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 220, "School Bus Rollover Protection."
The risk
If roof crushes more than the rollover standards allow for the weight and configuration of the bus, the occupants have a greater risk of injury in the event of a rollover crash.
The remedy
Micro Bird will notify owners, and dealers will modify the buses to prevent the roof from crushing excessively in a rollover, free of charge. The recall began on January 26, 2018. For more information, owners may contact Micro Bird at 1-819-475-9633. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 17-072-GUS.
12 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Micro Bird G5 School Bus | 0 | 10 | 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 17V798000.
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