Corp. Micro Bird, Inc.: Seats › Critical Fasteners
Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 27, 2022 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 457. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. (Micro Bird) is recalling certain 2018-2020 MBII school buses. The GenQ seats equipped with Type 2 seat belts may have been attached with insufficient hardware. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 207, "Seating Systems", and 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
The risk
An insufficiently attached seat may detach during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
No remedy has been established at this time. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 21, 2022. Owners may contact Micro Bird's customer service at 1-819-477-2012. Micro Bird's number for this recall is 22-091-GUS.
3 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Micro Bird MB II School Bus | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Micro Bird MB II School Bus | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Micro Bird MB II School Bus | 0 | 12 | 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 22V280000.
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