Blue Bird Body Company: Parking Brake › Conventional › Air
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 17, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 28. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Vision school buses equipped with Cummins ISV5.0 diesel engines with optional CP80009 air compressors. The air compressor belt may slip, reducing air output, which may result in the parking brake automatically applying.
The risk
If the parking brake applies while the vehicle is being driven, it can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Blue Bird has notified owners, and dealers will replace the existing air compressor belt with a new shorter air compressor belt, free of charge. The recall began February 1, 2019. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R19ZW-SB.
3 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Blue Bird Vision | 1 | 28 | 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 18V892000.
Full record for the 2019 Blue Bird Vision → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →