Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 15V181000

Electrical system

Blue Bird Body Company filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2015-03-27.

Recall campaignNHTSA 15V181000

Electrical system

Component
Electrical system
Manufacturer
Blue Bird Body Company
Vehicles affected
2,663
Reported to NHTSA
2015-03-27
Owners notified
2015-04-23

Defect description

Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Vision school buses manufactured June 19, 2014, to December 11, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the voltage inverter for the illumination of the driver's heater control panel may fail.

Safety risk

An inverter failure may produce smoke and increase the risk of a fire.

Manufacturer remedy

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter with an inverter from an alternate vendor, free of charge. The recall began on April 23, 2015. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R15YA-SB.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Scope of coverage

2 model years across 1 models.

ModelYears on record
BLUE BIRD Vision2016 2015

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.