Blue Bird Body Company: Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 4, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 302. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2019-2021 All American and Vision school buses. An insufficient number of rivets were installed in the roof sheets, allowing the roof sheets to separate in the event of a severe impact. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength."
The risk
In the event of a crash, if the roof sheets separate, there is an increased risk of injury.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the roof joints and add the sufficient number of rivets, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began October 22, 2019. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R19AH.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Blue Bird All American School Bus | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Blue Bird All American Transit Bus | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Blue Bird All American School Bus | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Blue Bird All American | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 41 | 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 19V707000.
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