Blue Bird Body Company: Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 15, 2020 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 149. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Vision and All-American transit buses. The three-point seatbelt assembly may have been installed without reinforcing washers under the floor at the anchorage point, possibly preventing the assembly from remaining anchored in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
The risk
In the event of a crash, seat belt anchorages that do not remain secured increase the risk of injury to those seat occupants.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seat belt anchorage point hardware and install any missing hardware as needed, free of charge. The recall began August 11, 2020. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R20AX-NSB.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Blue Bird All American Transit Bus | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Blue Bird Vision Transit Bus | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Blue Bird All American Transit Bus | 0 | 5 | 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 20V407000.
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