Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 18V846000

Seats

Blue Bird Body Company filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2018-11-28.

Recall campaignNHTSA 18V846000

Seats

Component
Seats
Manufacturer
Blue Bird Body Company
Vehicles affected
12
Reported to NHTSA
2018-11-28
Owners notified
2018-12-12

Defect description

Blue Bird Body Company (Blue Bird) is recalling certain 2020 Blue Bird All American and 2019-2020 Blue Bird Vision school buses, equipped with certain HSM NextGen 45" 3PT school bus seats, part number GenQ3-45 LH. There may be an insufficient number of bolts attaching the seat to the bus floor, allowing the seat to detach from the bus floor in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."

Safety risk

In the event of a crash, if the bus seat detaches from the floor, it can increase the risk of injury.

Manufacturer remedy

Blue Bird will notify owners, and dealers will install a secondary floor mounting brace, free of charge. The recall began December 12, 2018. Owners may contact Blue Bird customer service at 1-478-822-2242. Blue Bird's number for this recall is R18ZT-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

3 model years across 3 models.

ModelYears on record
BLUE BIRD ALL American School BUS2020
BLUE BIRD Vision2019
BLUE BIRD Vision School BUS2020

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.