NHTSA make / model monitor
Blue Bird School Bus: recalls, complaints and investigations.
US NHTSA records for Blue Bird School Bus. Check the affected model years, then verify your exact vehicle with NHTSA.
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Evidence summary
- Evidence found
- 0 recent recall campaigns, 0 complaint rows, and 1 monitored investigation.
- Source coverage
- NHTSA complaint and current-action window 2024-08-24 to 2026-10-11; historical campaign count uses the complete official pre- and post-2010 recall files acquired for this release.
- What this means
- The records were matched to the NHTSA make/model identity “Blue Bird School Bus”. Each evidence type is reported separately.
- What this does not mean
- Complaint reports are allegations, not defect findings or a safety score. Counts are not normalised for sales, registrations, mileage or exposure, and a zero does not prove safety.
Official recall campaigns
Recall campaigns in the monitoring window
No recall campaigns matched this model and selected year in this snapshot. The historical count above may still include earlier campaigns.
Consumer reports — allegations
Complaint aggregates by model year
Zero complaint rows matched this make/model in the monitoring window. That is not a safety clearance.
NHTSA says complaints are consumer reports. RecallRecall excludes narratives, VINs, names, contact details and locations. A crash, fire, injury or death flag is reported information, not an independently verified causal finding.
NHTSA defect investigations
Open or recently opened investigations
RQ98010: BRAIDED FUEL (CNG) HOSE FAILURES open
FORD AND NISSAN CONDUCTED A SAFETY RECALL, 98V-069, ON JANUARY 28 AND 31 1998, RESPECTIVELY.THE RECALL WAS FOR 32,810 1995 MY FORD VILLAGERS AND 20,500 1995 MY NISSAN QUESTS BUILT FROM APRIL 1, 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 15, 1996.THE RECALL DEFECT IS THE REAR TAIL/BRAKE LAMPS THAT MAY NOT ILLUMINATE DUE TO THE LAMP SOCKET AND THE SOCKET HOUSING SEPARATION CAUSED BY THE HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE.ODI HAS RECEIVED 6 FORD AND 3' NISSAN OWNER REPORT REGARDING THE NON-FUNCTIONING OF REAR LAMPS.ODI FOUND FOUR OF THESE FORD VILLAGERS WERE BUILT PRIOR TO THE RECALL MANUFACTURING DATESTHE BUILD DATES OF THE REMAINING VEHICLES WERE NOT DETERMINED.CLOSING NOTE:THE INFOEMATION GATHERED FROM THIS RECALL QUERY WAS SENT THE THE OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1998, FOR CONSIDERATION OF LEVYING CIVIL PENALTIES.A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR CIVIL PENALTIES WITH BLUE BIRD WAS EXECUTED ON AUGUST 13, 1999.
Linked recall campaign: 98V110