Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 17V203000

Fuel system, other

Blue Bird Body Company filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2017-03-23.

Recall campaignNHTSA 17V203000

Fuel system, other

Component
Fuel system, other
Manufacturer
Blue Bird Body Company
Vehicles affected
1,274
Reported to NHTSA
2017-03-23
Owners notified
2017-04-21

Defect description

Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Vision school buses, designed to run on propane. The fuel control valve solenoid may short circuit, shutting off the flow of propane to the engine, causing the engine to shut off.

Safety risk

An engine stall while driving increases the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers for Roush CleanTech, the supplier of the propane fuel kit, will replace the defective fuel control valve solenoids, free of charge. The recall began on April 21, 2017. Owners may contact Blue Bird at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for recall is R17ZA (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 Vision2018 2017

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.