NHTSA campaign 20V125000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Blue Bird Body Company: Seats › Barriers

Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 3, 2020 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,790. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2008-2021 Vision and All American school buses. The seat barrier behind the driver seat with an integrated 3-point seat belt may have been installed incorrectly and may be missing the reinforcing bracket. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."

The risk

In the event of a crash, the seat barrier may not adequately protect the occupant seated behind the seat barrier separating them from the driver seat with integrated 3-point seat belt, increasing the risk of injury.

The remedy

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and properly install the seat barrier including adding reinforcing bracket, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 23, 2020. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R20AM-SB.

32 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires
2021 Blue Bird All American School Bus	0	18	0
2021 Blue Bird All American Transit Bus	0	9	0
2021 Blue Bird Vision School Bus	1	26	0
2021 Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus	0	13	0
2020 Blue Bird All American School Bus	4	20	0
2020 Blue Bird All American Transit Bus	0	5	0
2020 Blue Bird Vision School Bus	0	29	0
2020 Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus	0	15	0
2019 Blue Bird All American	2	26	0
2019 Blue Bird Vision	0	41	0
2018 Blue Bird All American	0	19	0
2018 Blue Bird Vision	0	35	0
2017 Blue Bird All American	0	10	0
2017 Blue Bird Vision	1	28	0
2016 Blue Bird All American	1	20	0
2016 Blue Bird Vision	2	27	0
2015 Blue Bird All American	3	27	0
2015 Blue Bird Vision	4	27	0
2014 Blue Bird All American	0	26	0
2014 Blue Bird Vision	0	22	0
2013 Blue Bird All American	1	28	0
2013 Blue Bird Vision	2	25	0
2012 Blue Bird All American	0	30	0
2012 Blue Bird Vision	1	19	0
2011 Blue Bird All American	0	35	0
2011 Blue Bird Vision	0	22	0
2010 Blue Bird All American	0	42	0
2010 Blue Bird Vision	2	25	0
2009 Blue Bird All American	3	33	0
2009 Blue Bird Vision	6	28	1
2008 Blue Bird All American	4	32	0
2008 Blue Bird Vision	1	30	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 20V125000.

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