Blue Bird Body Company: Parking Brake
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 27, 2020 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,264. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2006-2021 Vision and 2007-2013 All American school buses. The floor-mounted parking brake may fail to hold the vehicle stationary on an incline when the vehicle is loaded to its maximum weight, due to an insufficient application force. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 105, "Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems."
The risk
A parking brake system that is set to an insufficient application force may result in an increased possibility of unintended vehicle movement, which increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the floor mounted park brake application force hand lever assembly and correct the application force, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin June 24, 2020. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R20AO-SB.
25 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 0 | 13 | 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 Vision | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Blue Bird Vision | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Blue Bird Vision | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Blue Bird Vision | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Blue Bird All American | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Blue Bird Vision | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Blue Bird Vision | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Blue Bird Vision | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Blue Bird All American | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Blue Bird Vision | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 Blue Bird All American | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Blue Bird Vision | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Blue Bird All American | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 Blue Bird Vision | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 17 | 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 20V234000.
Full record for the 2021 Blue Bird Vision School Bus → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →