Blue Bird Body Company: Electrical System › Software
Blue Bird Body Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 12, 2021 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 292. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2018-2021 Vision and All American school buses. The electric drive train cannot detect isolation faults when the high voltage contactors are closed.
The risk
An undetected high voltage isolation can expose service personnel to high voltage, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will update the Vehicle Control Unit software or install a different combination of High Voltage Power Distribution Unit hardware, free of charge. The recall began on May 22, 2021. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R21BD-SB.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Blue Bird All American School Bus | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Blue Bird All American School Bus | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Blue Bird Vision School Bus | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Blue Bird All American | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Blue Bird All American | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Blue Bird Vision | 0 | 35 | 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 21V253000.
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